SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- A South Korean special counsel indicted former impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol on a charge of making false statements during the presidential campaign, the special counsel team said Friday.
The team of independent counsel Min Joong-ki, leading an investigation into corruption allegations involving Yoon and his wife, said in a statement that Yoon violated the Public Official Election Act.
Yoon was accused of making false statements as a presidential candidate about his introduction of a lawyer to the former district tax chief in December 2021 and his meeting with a shaman in January 2022.
In addition to it, Yoon was indicted on charges of insurrection and violation of the Political Funds Act.
The constitutional court upheld a motion to impeach Yoon on April 4 over his botched martial law bid last December, officially removing him from office.
The ousted leader was indicted under detention on Jan. 26 as a suspected ringleader of insurrection. ■