'Impeachment Trial' Yoon's Side Requests Additional Witness Kim Bong-sik, Former Seoul Police Chief

Constitutional Court Accepts 13 Witnesses from Both Sides
Lee Jinwoo, Yeo Inhyung, and Hong Jangwon to Testify Today

The Yoon Suk-yeol presidential camp has additionally requested former Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency Commissioner Kim Bong-sik as a witness ahead of the 5th hearing date of the impeachment trial.

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Cheon Jae-hyun, the Constitutional Court spokesperson, stated at the regular briefing at 11 a.m. that "The respondent (President Yoon Suk-yeol) side applied yesterday to call former Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency Commissioner Kim Bong-sik as a witness, and so far, more than 31 witnesses have been requested, with 7 being accepted." The witnesses accepted by the Constitutional Court from President Yoon’s side are Baek Jong-wook, former 3rd Deputy Director of the National Intelligence Service, Cho Tae-yong, Director of the National Intelligence Service, Park Chun-seop, Chief Secretary for Economic Affairs at the Presidential Office, Kim Yong-hyun, former Minister of National Defense, Kim Hyun-tae, Commander of the 707 Special Mission Unit, Shin Won-sik, Director of the National Security Office, and Lee Sang-min, former Minister of the Interior and Safety.

He also announced that 7 witnesses from the National Assembly side have been accepted. The National Assembly side witnesses are Cho Ji-ho, former Commissioner of the National Police Agency, Lee Jin-woo, former Commander of the Capital Defense Command, Yeo In-hyung, former Commander of the Defense Counterintelligence Command, Hong Jang-won, former 1st Deputy Director of the National Intelligence Service, Kwak Jong-geun, former Commander of the Special Warfare Command, Kim Yong-bin, Secretary General of the Central Election Commission, and Lee, the former minister. Among the witnesses from both sides, the former minister Lee overlaps as he was requested by both parties, making the total number of accepted witnesses 13 so far.

Additionally, the Constitutional Court revealed that President Yoon’s side re-applied on the 2nd to verify the number of voters during the general election. President Yoon’s camp had requested the Constitutional Court to verify the number of voters in the Incheon Yeonsu-eul electoral district during the 21st general election, but it was dismissed on the 31st of last month. Spokesperson Cheon explained, "I cannot disclose specific details, but it can be considered almost the same as the dismissed case."

Furthermore, regarding the postponement of the ruling on the case of holding off the appointment of Ma Eun-hyuk as a Constitutional Court Justice by Acting President Choi Sang-mok, the Constitutional Court stated, "On the 3rd, we issued an order for clarification requesting both parties to submit opinions to clarify the relationship of this case." Previously, the Constitutional Court had planned to deliver the ruling on the dispute over authority filed by National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik against Acting President Choi at 2 p.m. the previous day, but suddenly announced the resumption of the trial from the 10th, about two hours before the scheduled ruling.

Meanwhile, during the 5th hearing scheduled for the afternoon, witness examinations of former Capital Defense Command Commander Lee Jin-woo, former Defense Counterintelligence Command Commander Yeo In-hyung, and former 1st Deputy Director of the National Intelligence Service Hong Jang-won will be conducted sequentially for 90 minutes each.

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