South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, facing charges of insurrection and abuse of power, failed to appear for questioning by the country's Corruption Investigation Office (CIO). This comes after a short-lived Dec 3 martial law declaration that plunged the nation into its worst political crisis in decades. The CIO plans to issue a second summons or consider an arrest warrant.
A worker carries a wreath sent by supporters for impeached South Korea n President Yoon Suk Yeol to place outside the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea , Monday, Dec 16, 2024.
(Photo: AP/Ahn Young-joon) South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol failed to appear before the country's corruption watchdog on Wednesday (Dec 18), it said, after he was summoned for questioning over his over the weekend following his short-lived Dec 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 10am (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 president and some of his inner circle face possible life imprisonment, or even the death penalty, if found guilty. He remains under an international travel ban. South Korea's Constitutional Court, which began proceedings against Yoon on Monday, is separately deliberating whether to uphold his impeachmen
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