Politics · South Korea · 1 hr ago
Yoon Suk Yeol’s lawyer disputes claim that people were harmed by insurrection
Kim Gye-ri, a lawyer for former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol, disputed a lawmaker’s claim about victims of insurrection.
On 13 October, she said she did not know where the victims were but that they were all at home and well.
Lawmaker Park Eun-jeong had said the public described as victims had nowhere to turn, while criticising a decision by the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials to dismiss a complaint against Yoon.
The complaint concerned alleged interference with an investigation and disciplinary action involving then-prosecutor Han Dong-hoon when Yoon was prosecutor general.
Kim also accused the office of illegally arresting Yoon at his official residence, but that was her claim.
Yoon has been sentenced to life imprisonment in the first trial of his insurrection case, and the Supreme Court has separately upheld a seven-year sentence for obstructing the execution of his arrest warrant.
Kim Gye-ri, a lawyer for former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, disputed a lawmaker’s claim that people harmed by insurrection had nowhere to go.
Kim said she did not know where the victims were but claimed they were all at home and doing well.
The exchange followed lawmaker Park Eun-jung’s criticism of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials’ decision to dismiss a case involving Yoon.
Kim also called the agency’s arrest of Yoon at his residence illegal, a claim challenged by reporting on a Supreme Court ruling.
Yoon has received a life sentence in the first trial on an insurrection-leader charge, the articles reported.
- Who
- Kim Gye-ri, a lawyer for former President Yoon Suk Yeol, and lawmaker Park Eun-jung.
- What
- Kim rejected Park’s statement that people harmed by insurrection had nowhere to go, saying they were at home and doing well.
- When
- Kim responded on October 13; the articles were published on October 14, 2026.
- Where
- In social media posts; the articles do not specify a more precise location.
- Why
- Park criticized the agency’s dismissal of a case involving Yoon and said people harmed by insurrection had nowhere to go.
Kim Gye-ri
Park Eun-jung
Insurrection victims
Kim Gye-ri
Kim said she did not know where the victims were but claimed they were all at home and doing well.
Park Eun-jung
Park said people harmed by insurrection had nowhere to go.
Agency’s handling of Yoon
Kim Gye-ri
Kim called the agency’s arrest of Yoon at his residence illegal and described it as its greatest achievement.
Park Eun-jung
Park criticized the agency’s dismissal of a case involving Yoon as part of what she called “Yoon laundering.
The Democratic Party reported Yoon to the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials over alleged abuse of power and violation of the Personal Information Protection Act.
The agency dismissed a case concerning allegations that Yoon had obstructed an investigation and inspection of then-prosecutor Han Dong-hoon.
Park criticized the dismissal on Facebook and said people harmed by insurrection had nowhere to go; Kim responded on social media.
The three articles reported on the dispute.
- Kim Gye-ri
- Lawyer for former President Yoon Suk Yeol
- Park Eun-jung
- Cho Kuk Innovation Party lawmaker
- Dismissed case
- Allegations involving Yoon’s handling of an investigation and inspection of Han Dong-hoon
- Kim’s claim
- Insurrection victims were all at home and doing well
- Yoon’s first-trial sentence
- Life imprisonment on an insurrection-leader charge
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What people are saying
I don’t know where the victims of insurrection are, but they are all doing well at home
The agency’s breaking into the residence illegally and taking the president into custody was its greatest achievement since its creation
The people harmed by insurrection have nowhere to go
The insurrection regime has fallen, but attempts to save Yoon by deceiving the people continue