The bills proposed by the ruling Democratic Party (DP) called for investigations into about a dozen charges related to Yoon's botched Dec. 3 martial law debacle last year, as well as other allegations involving his wife, Kim Keon Hee, who has been embroiled in several controversies including the acceptance of a luxury handbag and alleged involvement in a stock manipulation scheme.
Out of 198 members present, 194 voted in favor of the bill to investigate Yoon, while three opposed it and one abstained.
Another bill passed included an investigation into allegations of the Defense Ministry's inappropriate interference in the probe into the death of a Marine during a search mission in July 2023.
The DP had pushed for the passage of these bills several times, but its attempts failed after they were vetoed and scrapped amid fierce opposition from the then-ruling People Power Party (PPP) under the previous administration.
The passage of the bills came just a day after President Lee Jae-myung was sworn in on Wednesday, following his election the previous day.
Most PPP lawmakers boycotted the vote in protest, criticizing the DP's unilateral push to pass the bills using its parliamentary supermajority.
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Im Yoon-seo
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