South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, recently impeached for his controversial martial law declaration, did not appear for questioning by the Corruption Investigation Office (CIO) on Wednesday. This comes after he was summoned over charges of insurrection and abuse of power related to his short-lived declaration of martial law.
Police officers stand guard as protesters hold a demonstration calling for the ouster of South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol near the presidential residence in Seoul on December 17, 2024. - Jung Yeon-je / AFP: South Korea ’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol failed to appear before the country’s corruption watchdog on Wednesday, it said, after he was summoned for questioning over his martial law bid.
Yoon was stripped of his duties by parliament over the weekend following his short-lived December 3 martial law declaration, which plunged the country into its worst political turmoil in decades. Investigators from the Corruption Investigation Office (CIO) had summoned him to their facility in suburban Seoul at 10:00 am (0100 GMT) for questioning over charges of insurrection and abuse of power. Yoon’s legal team said Tuesday he did not commit insurrection and has vowed to fight the charge in court, according to Yonhap news agency. “While we do not consider the insurrection charges to be legally valid, we will comply with the investigation,“ Seok Dong-hyeon of Yoon’s team was quoted as saying. The CIO said this week that a summons was sent to Yoon but returned “undelivered” after an unidentified person at the presidential office refused to accept it. Yoon’s no-show on Wednesday “will be considered as a failure to comply with the first summons”, a CIO statement said. Investigators said they were considering despatching a second summons, but CIO chief Oh Dong-woon told parliament on Tuesday they were also “reviewing” whether to issue an arrest warrant. Yoon is being investigated by South Korean prosecutors as well as a joint team of police, defence ministry and anti-corruption investigators. The Presidential Security Services blocked “the joint investigation team’s attempt to raid a computer server” at the presidential compound, Yonhap news agency said Wednesda
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