The former president of South Korea Yoon Suk Yeol He was absent from an interrogation for which he was summoned to the Office for Corruption Investigations of Senior Officials (CIO)in relation to his declaration of martial law on December 3. If you don’t show up by December 21, you could be arrested.
On Monday, Yoon had been summoned by the joint investigation team, formed by the police, the CIO and the investigation unit of the Ministry of Defenseto appear for interrogation at the headquarters of the anti-corruption agency in Gwacheon (south of Seoul).
Yoon already avoided appearing for a first summons last Sunday with the South Korean Prosecutor’s Officewhich is also investigating him in parallel for his decision to decree a state of emergency at the beginning of the month, arguing the danger that the opposition posed for national democracy.
The consequences for Yoon: the possibility of arrest
After sending him the summons, the Prosecutor’s Office warned that If Yoon decides not to appear before December 21, he will consider requesting an arrest warrant. The CIO is also considering sending a second subpoena, the agency reported today Yonhapand is even analyzing whether the situation would allow him to also request an arrest warrant, competence that in principle only corresponds to prosecutors. Representatives of both investigative teams indicated that the presidential security services are in turn returning the subpoenas they receive.
Immunity does not extend to cases of insurrection
Yoon was banned from leaving the country, as were other members of his cabinet. In turn, Senior military and police officials are investigated for alleged crimes of mutiny, abuse of power or insurrection. The latter is the most serious of them and could lead to Yoon’s arrest, since not even presidential immunity prevails in cases of insurrection.
The leaders of this crime – for example, in cases of uprisings – are sentenced to life imprisonment or the death penalty. Yoon was dismissed by Parliament on Saturday and his future depends on what the Constitutional Court decides.which has a maximum of six months to determine whether or not the president violated Magna Carta by implementing martial law and whether, therefore, his dismissal should be ratified or he should be restored to office.
South Korea: Army chief arrested after being accused of leading the insurrection during martial law
The head of the South Korean Armed Forces, General Park An Su, was arrested this Tuesday after being accused of insurrection and abuse of power, following the controversial declaration of brief martial law by the country’s president, Yoon Suk. Yeol, last December 3rd.
Thus, Park An Su became the fifth senior official to be arrested since the controversial measure took place. The former Defense Minister Kim Yong Hyun, Intelligence Chief Yeo In Hyung, Army Special Warfare Command Chief Kwak Jong Keun, and Capital Defense Command Chief Lee Jin Wooaccording to information from the South Korean news agency Yonhap.
Source: Ambito
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