▲ Former President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives at the Seoul Central District Court in southern Seoul, in this file photo taken July 9, 2025. (Pool photo) (Yonhap)

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Special counsel indicts Yoon on charges of power abuse in martial law declaration

SEOUL, July 19 (Yonhap) -- A special counsel team indicted former President Yoon Suk Yeol on Saturday on charges of abuse of authority over his short-lived imposition of martial law.

It marks Yoon's third indictment with detention following previous ones in January and in March related to his martial law declaration on Dec. 3 and other power abuse charges.

According to the team led by special counsel Cho Eun-suk, Yoon is accused of violating the rights of Cabinet members during the martial law deliberation process, retroactively drafting the martial law declaration, ordering the deletion of records from encrypted phones and other offenses.

The team had attempted to question Yoon multiple times since his second detention last week but failed as Yoon declined to appear.

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