South Korea's ex-Leader Yoon evades the questioning by moving out

South Korea's ex-Leader Yoon evades the questioning by moving out

Seoul, South Korea (AP)-The detained former President Yoon suk year refused again on Friday, investigators to appear a survey. This time he uses a new method of resistance: he took off his prison clothing and lay down on the ground of his custody room.

background to Yoon Suk Yeol

Yoon, who was relieved of his office in April because he had poorly implemented the martial law, was sent back to prison last month. He stands in front of a high -risk process for rebellion and other charges. The conservative politician is faced with further criminal investigations that are not associated with his decree on the martial law of December 3, but concern him, his wife and others.

Investigations against Yoon and his wife

On Friday, Min Joong-Ki, a special consultant who was appointed by his liberal rival and new President Lee Jae Myung, sent investigators to collect Yoon from an investigation prison near Seoul after the former president had repeatedly disregarded requests for the interview. Min and his team are commissioned to check the allegations against Yoon's wife, Kim Keon Hee. It is investigated whether you and your husband have had inappropriate influence on the nomination process of the then government party in the 2022 elections.

compulsory measures and legality

The team from Min had a judicial arrest warrant that allowed them to violently get Yoon out of his detention center. Nevertheless, they hoped for voluntary cooperation. "Without wearing his prison clothes, the accused lay on the ground and struggled against his arrests," said the deputy special consultant Oh Jong-Hee in a press conference broadcast on television.

Health problems of Yoon

The Minister of Justice Jung Sung-Ho informed the legislators separately that Yoon moved out his shorts and short-sleeved shirt in order to put them on again after leaving the investigators. Oh expressed that their team members were re -moving from physical measures to avoid security concerns, but informed Yoon that they would take the arrest warrant next time. She asked Yoon for cooperation because the Korean people closely observed whether the law is enforced evenly for everyone.

short duration of the martial law

Yoon's introduction of the martial law, which brought armed troops to the streets of Seoul, only lasted a few hours before the legislators unanimously rejected its decree. Yoon argued that his decree was a desperate attempt to win the public support in his fight against the "controlling" of the Democratic Party of Lee, at the time of the main opposition party, which disabled his program and reduced the government proposed by the government.