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SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol dodged requests by investigative agencies to appear for questioning over his short-lived martial law decree, as the Constitutional Court began its first meeting Monday, Dec.
16, 2024, on Yoon’s case to determine whether to formally unseat or reinstate him.A joint investigative team involving police, an anti-corruption agency and the Defense Ministry said it wants to question Yoon on charges of rebellion and abuse of power in connection with his ill-conceived power grab.The team on Monday tried to convey a request to officials at Yoon’s office or residence but they refused to accept it, according to the Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials.Agency investigator Son Yeong-jo cited presidential secretarial staff at Yoon’s office as claiming they were unsure whether conveying the request to the impeached president was part of their duties. Son said his team had also mailed the request to Yoon, but declined to provide specifics when asked how investigators would respond if Yoon refuses to appear.ImpeachmentYoon was impeached by the opposition-controlled National Assembly on Saturday, Dec. 14, over his Dec. 3 martial law decree.His presidential powers have been subsequently suspended, and the Constitutional Court is to determine whether to formally remove him from office or reinstate him. If Yoon is dismissed, a national election to choose his successor must be held within 60 days. Yoon has justified his martial law enforcement as a necessary act of governance against the main liberal opposition Democratic Party that he described as “anti-state forces” bogging down his agendas and vowed to “fight to the end” against efforts to remove him from office.Hundreds of thousands of protesters have poured onto the streets of the country’s capital, Seoul, in recent days, calling for Yoon’s ouster and arrest. / AP
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