South Korea police impose travel ban on former PM Han and ex-finance minister Choi
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South Korean former prime minister Han Duck-soo (pictured) and former finance minister Choi Sang-mok were questioned over the martial law bid.
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SEOUL – South Korean police have banned former prime minister Han Duck-soo and former finance minister Choi Sang-mok from travelling abroad as part of a probe into alleged insurrection linked to former leader Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law bid, a police official said.
The travel ban was imposed in mid-May, the Yonhap news agency reported. Mr Han and Mr Choi were questioned on May 26 by a special police unit investigating former top government officials over insurrection charges, Yonhap said.
After Mr Yoon was impeached for violating the duties of his office in December, there have been questions about what role Mr Han and Mr Choi played in the former leader’s short-lived martial law and if they had resisted the move as they claimed.
The Dec 3 martial law declaration, which was revoked hours later by Parliament, thrust South Korea into an unprecedented constitutional crisis that involved both Mr Han and Mr Choi serving as acting president.
South Koreans vote in a snap election on June 3 to elect a new leader. REUTERS
