Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has again refused to appear for questioning, defying investigators' summons on Christmas Day. This marks the second time in a week that Yoon has ignored calls to cooperate with the probe into his alleged actions during a short-lived martial law declaration.
Media workers gather outside the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials at the Government Complex in Gwacheon on December 25, 2024, where investigators had called on impeached South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol to appear for questioning on Christmas Day. South Korea 's suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol refused a summons to appear for questioning on Christmas Day, the second time he has defied investigators' demands in as many weeks.
Investigators probing Yoon had ordered him to appear for questioning at 10 am (GMT 0100) on Wednesday, a demand he rejected.Yoon, a former prosecutor, also failed to attend a hearing he was summoned to last Wednesday, giving no explanation for his absence. The conservative leader was stripped of his duties by parliament on December 14, following a short-lived martial law declaration that plunged the country into its worst political crisis in decades. Yoon faces impeachment and criminal charges of insurrection, which could result in life imprisonment or even the death penalty, in a drama that has shocked democratic South Korea’s allies around the world. The Corruption Investigation Office is expected to decide in the coming days whether to issue a third summons or ask a court to grant an arrest warrant to compel Yoon to appear for questioning. He is being investigated by prosecutors as well as a joint team comprising police, defence ministry, and anti-corruption officials, while the Constitutional Court deliberates on the impeachment motion passed by parliament. If upheld by the court, which is required to deliver its ruling within six months of the impeachment, a by-election must be held within 60 days of the court’s decisio
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