South Korea

Former president of South Korea Yoon Suk Yeol Once again, he refused to attend the investigators’ questions on Friday, using a new method to resist: the prison uniform was removed and lay on the floor in his detention room.

Yoon, Remove from the office in April Regarding his unfortunate imposition of martial law, he was sent back to prison last month, since he has a high -risk trial for rebellion and other positions. Yoon, a conservative, faces investigations on other criminal accusations that are not related to their martial law decree on December 3, but who addresses him, his wife and others.

On Friday, Min Joong-Ki, a special lawyer appointed by his liberal rival and the new president Lee Jae Myung, sent the researchers to recover Yoon from a detention center near Seoul after the former president challenged the requests twice to attend the questions. The Min team has the task of deepening the accusations surrounding Yoon’s wife, Kim Keon Hee, including that she and her husband exerted an inappropriate influence on the party’s electoral nomination process in 2022.

The Min team had an arrest warrant issued by the Court that authorized them to get Yoon out of their detention center by force, but said they expected their voluntary cooperation.

“Without using his prison uniform, the suspect knocked on the floor and resisted strongly to his arrest,” said special advisor Oh Jeong-hee to a televised informative session.

Justice Minister Jung Sung-Ho told the legislators that Yoon took off his shorts and short-sleeved shirt separately and put them back after the investigators left.

Oh said that the members of his team refrained from using physical means for security concerns, but notified Yoon to execute the order next time. She urged Yoon to cooperate, while the Korean people closely observe if the application of the law applies to all equally.

Yu Jeong-Hwa, Yoon’s lawyer, accused the special team of board of directors about Yoon’s dignity and honor by discussing his prison dress, according to local media reports.

Yoon’s defense team said that Yoon could not attend his trial and underwent questions by researchers due to health problems. They said in a statement on Thursday that Yoon has a cardiovascular nervous system, autonomous and eye problems. They cited an unidentified hospital saying that Yoon faces the risk of blindness because he did not receive medical treatment during the last three months.

Yoon’s December 3 Imposition of martial lawwhich brought armed troops to the streets of Seoul, lasted only several hours before legislators rejected their decree unanimously. He pushed political agitation.

Yoon said he imposed the martial law for frustration with the opposition and promised to eliminate the “anti-state” forces. During a televised speech at that time, he said that martial law would help “rebuild and protect” the country to fall into the depths of national ruin.

The National Liberal Assembly controlled by the opposition voted to dismiss Yoon, which led to its suspension of the position. He was arrested and accused in January.

• South Korea