Suspended South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been ordered to appear before the country's corruption watchdog on Christmas Day. The hearing comes after Yoon was stripped of his duties by parliament last weekend following his short-lived martial law declaration.
This handout photo taken on Dec 14, 2024 and released by the South Korea n Presidential Office shows President Yoon Suk Yeol giving a public address from his official residence in Seoul.
(File photo: Handout via AFP/South Korean Presidential Office)SEOUL: Investigators probing suspended South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol over his foiled martial law bid on Friday (Dec 20) ordered him to appear before the country's corruption watchdog on Christmas Day - after he Conservative leader Yoon was stripped of his duties by parliament last weekend following his short-lived Dec 3 martial law declaration, which plunged the country into its worst political turmoil in decades. Yoon faces impeachment and criminal charges of insurrection that could see him jailed for life, or even face the death penalty, over a drama that stunned democratic South Korea's allies around the world. He is being investigated by prosecutors as well as a joint team of police, defence ministry and anti-corruption investigators. 'The Joint Investigation Headquarters has notified President Yoon Suk Yeol of a second summons request,' the latter said in a statement on Friday. The hearing at the Corruption Investigation Office (CIO) is scheduled for 10am (9am, Singapore time) on Dec 25. If Yoon shows up, he will become the first sitting South Korean president to appear before an investigative agency.Commentary: There is no going back for Yoon and South Korea after martial law crisisProsecutors earlier this week had ordered Yoon to appear for questioning or face possible arrest, but they have handed the case over to the CIO. CIO chief Oh Dong-woon told parliament on Tuesday they were also'reviewing' whether to issue an arrest warrant. Yoon has been suspended from his position, and the Constitutional Court on Monday began proceedings to determine whether to uphold his impeachment. It has around six months to rule on the matte
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