Ex-justice minister appears for special counsel questioning in martial law probe

Former Justice Minister Park Sung-jae appeared before a special counsel team Wednesday to undergo questioning over allegations he abetted former President Yoon Suk Yeol's failed imposition of martial law. Park was summoned to special counsel Cho Eun-suk's office to be questioned as a suspect amid allegations he ordered the prosecution to consider sending a prosecutor to a joint investigation headquarters set up under the now dismantled martial law command. Park was found to have had three phone calls with then Prosecutor General Shim Woo-jung late on Dec. 3 after Yoon declared martial law and early the next day. The former justice minister is also suspected of ordering the Korea Immigration Service to put a team on standby to impose travel bans on people arrested under martial law, and directing the Korea Correctional Service to secure space to incarcerate politicians and others. Park's side has denied wrongdoing, saying the instructions were standard orders to prepare for eventualities.Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times