New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- South Korea's Constitutional Court on Thursday formally removed the country's impeached police chief for deploying hundreds of officers to support ousted former President Yoon Suk Yeol's brief imposition of martial law in December 2024.

The court said Cho Ji-ho "actively disrupted" legislative activities by sending police forces to the National Assembly and trying to block lawmakers from reaching the main chamber to vote to lift Yoon's decree.

Cho also infringed upon the independence of the National Election Commission, the court said, by dispatching police to help the military's seizure of two NEC offices. Yoon said the actions were intended to investigate unsubstantiated claims of election fraud.

Cho, who was im...