Special forces were to dress in rival power’s uniforms to kill party leaders, according to local broadcaster
Right-wing South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol’s attempt to declare martial law, part of a growing global move by right-wing leaders to suppress opposition and bypass laws and constitutions to seize or consolidate power, failed rapidly and spectacularly earlier this month when parliamentary staff and ordinary people manned barricades to keep out police and troops attempting to take control of the building before MPs could vote to overturn his power grab. But the real story was even more dramatic, according to local media reports.
Yoon has now been impeached for his actions, but Korean broadcaster Kim Ou-joon has alleged that Yoon:
- ordered police break into South Korea’s National Assembly building and ‘drag the assembly members out’ to prevent the vote overturning his martial law declaration
- had made a list of politicians he wanted ‘wiped out’, including opposition DPK leader Lee Jae-myung and the head of his own People Power party (PPP)
- planned to have his special forces troops dress in North Korean uniforms for the assassinations to incriminate its leader Kim Jong-Un
- tried to provoke North Korea into war, by attacking it with drones, to justify his martial law order
Yoon’s PPP, which opposed his impeachment despite condemning his martial law bid, has denied the claims.
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Wouldnt put it past Keef Rong Un to try similar here within 12 months as more & more people get properly sick of him.
It would have been useful to supply some links to corroborate these allegations.
The Korea Herald on December 14th….
https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10017108
…notes that:
“Radio show host Kim Ou-joon told lawmakers at the Assembly’s Science, ICT, Broadcasting and Communications Committee that he had obtained information that troops dedicated to special operations were on standby for an assassination operation. Kim was earlier revealed to have been one of the figures that the military had attempted to arrest. Kim, however, added that the tip-off is not fully verified.
Kim also said that he had anonymously shared this information with Rep. Kim Byung-joo of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea, adding that Rep. Kim, a retired Army general-turned-lawmaker, had corroborated Kim Ou-joon’s information through multiple sources. Kim was a popular host of the News Factory radio show at Seoul city-owned Traffic Broadcasting System, which aired its last episode in December 2022, and now hosts a YouTube show.
He claimed that — based on the information at hand that had yet to be fact-checked — the troops had attempted to assassinate ruling party leader Han Dong-hoon. He also claimed that the plot included attacking and killing US troops and placing the blame on North Korea. The martial law command was also to blame North Korean forces for the assaults through evidence tampering, he claimed.
The self-proclaimed journalist declined to state how he learned of the plots, but said the information had come from a “country of friendly relations that has an embassy here.” Kim did not take questions from the lawmakers of the committee before he left the scene.
Later on Friday, Rep. Kim Byung-joo’s office said the lawmaker had requested an emergency investigation into matters that have yet to be corroborated.
The ruling People Power Party and the government, however, denied Kim Ou-joon’s claim.
Acting Defense Minister Kim Seon-ho told lawmakers at a separate parliamentary committee meeting Friday that he was not informed of the alleged assassination scheme, adding that the truth would be revealed through investigation.”
The article goes on to claim that the ruling party in South Korea has alleged that the radio show host has a record of making what are claimed to be false allegations.
However, no substantive information is provided to corroborate either the claim that the ruling party has made these allegations, nor that these allegations have any merit or otherwise.
Let’s see what investigations – if any credible investigation takes place – reveals,
Now, who would gain from a false flag attack on South Korean politicians, made to look like North Korea (thereby legitimising an attack on North Korea by the South), at a time when North Korea is sending troops to Ukrainian battlefields in support of Russia?…