SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's parliament on Tuesday passed a bill to set up a dedicated special tribunal handling insurrection cases, caused by former impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol's botched martial law imposition last December.
The bill was passed through the National Assembly, led by the ruling Democratic Party.
The Democratic Party-proposed bill mandated the establishment of at least two benches each in the Seoul Central District Court and the Seoul High Court for the insurrection cases.
It also demanded the appointment of at least two judges in the Seoul Central District Court responsible for reviewing whether to issue warrants for search, seizure, arrest and detention relevant to the investigation of the insurrection cases.
The special benches will be set up at the district court level, but the current first trial bench will continue to handle Yoon's insurrection case, as it has already been in progress.
The main opposition People Power Party opposed it, calling it an attempt to seize control of the judiciary. ■
