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| ▲ Lawmakers discuss a bill calling for a second round of comprehensive special counsel probe into former President Yoon Suk Yeol's martial law and corruption allegations and other things during a plenary session at the National Assembly in Seoul on Jan. 15, 2026. (Yonhap) |
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Nat'l Assembly set to vote on bill for 2nd special counsel probe this week
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- A bill calling for a second round of special counsel probe into former President Yoon Suk Yeol's martial law imposition and allegations surrounding his wife was introduced at the National Assembly on Thursday.
The bill for the second round of comprehensive special counsel centers on reopening investigations into Yoon, former first lady Kim Keon Hee and the 2023 death of a Marine, covering 17 allegations that were not fully addressed by the three previous counsels.
The bill was brought to the floor at a plenary session earlier in the day and is expected to be put to a vote Friday.
The ruling Democratic Party (DP), which currently holds a parliamentary majority with 163 out of 296 seats, plans to pass the bill after the main opposition People Power Party (PPP)'s filibuster ends.
The new probe is expected to deepen bipartisan conflict ahead of the local elections in June, with the PPP denouncing the DP's push as politically motivated and the DP calling for an end to the aftermath of Yoon's martial law.
PPP leader Jang Dong-hyeok launched a hunger strike shortly after the plenary session began, demanding the DP accept opposition-backed special probe bills on an alleged bribery scandal involving the Unification Church.
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