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The former Minister of Defense tried to commit suicide

Former South Korean Defense Minister Kim Yong Hyun tried to commit suicide in detention. According to Yonhap, this was announced by the Ministry of Justice of South Korea.

Kim was found trying to hang himself with a rope in the bathroom of the detention center, and his condition is stable at the moment.

According to the indictment, the former Minister of Defense proposed to the President to declare martial law and order troops to be deployed near the National Assembly building and the headquarters of the National Electoral Commission.