SEOUL, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- A South Korean special counsel on Monday charged former President Yoon Suk Yeol with additional crimes, including aiding an enemy state, after an investigation found evidence that officials discussed provoking a North Korean attack to justify his short-lived martial law declaration last year, the office said.
Prosecutor Park Ji-young said at a briefing that Yoon allegedly oversaw the dispatch of drones toward North Korea in an effort to spark a retaliation that could serve as a pretext for declaring martial law.
The special counsel's office filed indictments against Yoon, former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun and former Defense Counterintelligence Command chief Yeo In-hyung on counts including aiding an enemy state and abuse of power.
"The defendants ... conspired to create conditions for declaring martial law, thereby increasing the risk of armed conflict between North and South Korea, thereby undermining civilian and military interests," Park said
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