Daegu mayor: ”President Yoon's charges are not 'treason' but merely 'abuse of power'” = South Korea

On the 17th, Daegu Mayor Hong Jun-pyo said about President Yoon Seok-yeol's "civil unrest" allegations, "President Yoon had set the goal of normalizing the nation, so the purpose
"It is difficult to charge the crime of treason, which is a crime that is committed by a person who has committed a crime against the Constitution," Mayor Hong wrote on Facebook that day, "The crime of treason must be based on the intent to violate the Constitution."
He continued, "(For the crime of treason) the act requires a 'riot', but a riot must be something that disturbs the peace of a certain area, but in the case of the current martial law, there is no 'riot'.
"It's more like a temporary 'disturbance' than a crime," he said. "I said six days ago that 'it's difficult to establish the crime of treason, and it's likely to be a crime of abuse of power,' but the investigative agencies are acting like hyenas.
"It's shocking that someone would attack someone like that," he wrote.