SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Former South Korean imprisoned president Yoon Suk Yeol has once again refused to attend questions from investigators on Friday.
Yun, who took office in April through the unfortunate imposition of martial law, was sent back to prison last month for serving as a high-stake trial over the rebellion and other charges. Conservative Yoon is facing an investigation into other criminal claims that are not related to the December 3rd martial law but are targeting him, his wife and others.
On Friday, Min Joon Ki, a special adviser appointed by his liberal rival and new president Ye Mi Myung, dispatched investigators to retrieve Yoon from a detention center near Seoul after the former president refused twice to attend questions. Min’s team is tasked with digging into allegations surrounding Yoon’s wife, Kie Keen Hee, including that she and her husband had an inappropriate impact on the party’s election nomination process at the time in 2022.
Min’s team has a detention warrant in court, allowing Yoon to escape from his detention facility, but they say they want his voluntary cooperation.
“Unless wearing a prison uniform, the suspect lay on the floor and resisted detention,” assistant special adviser Au John Hee told a broadcast briefing.
Justice Minister Yoon Sung-ho told lawmakers separately that Yoon took off his shorts and short sleeve shirts and put them back together after investigators left.
Ah, her team members said they refrained from using physical means due to safety concerns, but notified Yoon that they would execute a warrant next time. She urged Yoon to cooperate as Koreans closely watch whether law enforcement is applied equally to everyone.
According to local media reports, Yu Jeong-Hwa, Yu Jeong-Hwa, accused Yoon’s special advisor team of stomping over her dignity and honor by discussing her dress in prison.
Yoon’s defense team previously said that Yoon was unable to attend his trial and could not be questioned by investigators due to Heath’s issues. They said in a statement Thursday that Yoon has cardiovascular, autonomic and eye problems. They cited an unidentified hospital saying that Yoon was at risk of blindness as he had not been able to receive treatment for the past three months.
Yoon’s imposition of martial law, which took the troops to Seoul Street, lasted only a few hours before lawmakers unanimously voted for his order.
Yoon argued that his order was a desperate attempt to elicit public support for his fight against Lee’s “womb,” and was the main opposition party that subsequently hampered his agenda, novelized the government’s proposed budget, and cut down on the government’s proposed budget.
