Police Investigate Constitutional Court Nominee Lee Wankyu, Director of the Legislation Bureau, on Charges of Insurrection

Han Duck-soo, Acting President and Prime Minister, has nominated Lee Wan-gyu, the Minister of Legislation, as a candidate for the Constitutional Court Justice. It has been confirmed that Lee is currently under investigation as a suspect in connection with the December 3 emergency martial law.

Lee Wankyu, Chief of the Legislation Office, is responding to questions on current issues. Photo by Yonhap News

According to the Special Investigation Unit on Emergency Martial Law under the National Police Agency's National Investigation Headquarters on the 8th, they received the case of Lee's alleged treason, which was reported last December by the civic group Capital Market Watchdog Center, and investigated Lee as a suspect.

Lee is accused of aiding treason during a meeting held on December 4 last year, immediately after the lifting of the emergency martial law, at the Yongsan Presidential Safe House (An-ga), where he met with Park Sung-jae, Minister of Justice, Lee Sang-min, Minister of the Interior and Safety, and Kim Joo-hyun, Senior Secretary for Civil Affairs of the Presidential Office. He is also suspected of evidence tampering by changing his mobile phone after the martial law incident.

During the police investigation, Lee admitted to the meeting at the safe house but reportedly refused to provide further statements.

Earlier, Acting President Han nominated Lee and Ham Sang-hoon, Chief Judge of the Seoul High Court, as successors to Moon Hyung-bae, Acting Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court, whose term ends in ten days, and Lee Seon, Constitutional Court Justice.

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