Yoon on trial: what's at stake in largest special investigation in South Korean history?
Legal troubles for disgraced
South Korean former president
Yoon Suk-yeol and his wife, Kim Keon-hee, are expected to intensify as sweeping special counsel investigations targeting the couple are set to begin in the coming weeks.
Already under investigation by prosecutors and police on multiple charges, the pair now face what is expected to become the largest
special counsel investigation in South Korea's constitutional history.
More than 500 investigators and officials will be mobilised to look into three major scandals that dogged Yoon throughout his presidency.
Cho Eun-suk, former acting chief of the Board of Audit and Inspection, has been appointed to lead the investigation into Yoon's
martial law declaration last December that ultimately led to his impeachment in April.
Police officers on standby as the prosecution raided the residence of former president Yoon Suk-yeol in Seoul on April 30. Photo: EPA-EFE/Yonhap
The focus will be on potential charges of insurrection and abuse of military authority.
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