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Photo shows S.Korea parliament speaker donning memorial pin, not Chinese ruling party symbol

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Supporters of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol alleged Woo Won-shik was wearing a Chinese Communist Party pin.

Analysis of the image shows he was donning a badge commemorating the late 1940s massacre on Jeju Island .

Yoon claimed threats of communist infiltration when he declared his short-lived martial law.

A verdict on his impeachment trial is widely expected in mid-March .