Han, 76, was charged on Friday, according to South Korea’s Yonhap news agency. Perjury and falsifying official documents are additional offenses.
According to media reports, Han had been the subject of a team of special prosecutors’ inquiries for a while.
Among other things, former First Lady Kim was charged with accepting gifts from the contentious Unification Church and participating in a stock manipulation scheme.
Kim’s attorneys have refuted the allegations made against her and said that rumors about some of the gifts she allegedly received were fabricated.
According to assistant special counsel Park Ji-young, Han was the highest official who could have prevented Yoon’s attempt to impose martial law.
Park claimed that Han continued to play an “active” part in Yoon’s declaration of martial law by attempting to pass the decree through a Cabinet Council meeting in order to “proceed procedurally legitimacy.”
Han has maintained that he told Yoon that he opposed his martial law plan.
Yoon is currently facing charges including insurrection for his attempt to impose military rule, while Kim and her ex-president husband have been detained and are currently incarcerated.
His wife had been the target of numerous high-profile scandals, some of which had lasted for more than 15 years, which hampered his turbulent presidency and caused political unrest for him and his moderate People’s Party (PPP) candidates.
In April, Yoon was formally impeached.
During the post-martial law quake between December and May, former prime minister Han stepped in twice to serve as acting president before quitting.
However, he was unable to win the PPP.
Source: Aljazeera
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