Yoon rejects questioning on day 2, says he has said all he has to say

Published on: 2025/01/16 10:00

Yoon rejects questioning on day 2, says he has said all he has to say
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1. And the questioning for President Yoon will resume this afternoon, investigators say.

We go live to our Kim Do-yeon at the investigators' office.

Do-yeon, while today is supposed to be the second day of questioning it's unclear whether President Yoon will be coming from Seoul Detention Center at all.

Good morning Dami, that's right.

As you said, today was supposed to be day two of questions for President Yoon on charges of insurrection due to his declaration of martial law last month.

But it's unclear whether the session which was initially set to start here at 2 PM will happen today.

Now according to reports, President Yoon's representatives initially asked for a delay to the start of questioning today due to health issues but have now stated that Yoon has nothing more to say and say he won't take questions.

What seems to be a lack of cooperation from Yoon reflects his stance on the investigation from the beginning.

He's called it illegal as he says the CIO does not have the investigative authority over insurrection charges.

And as he left the presidential residence yesterday morning he said he only gave into investigators and was detained to prevent any unfortunate clashes between the investigators and the Presidential Security Service.

2. Now, walk us through the first day of the questioning.

Nearly 11 hours of questioning?

President Yoon spent ten hours and forty minutes here at the CIO yesterday starting from 11 AM.

Prosecutors at the CIO have been questioning Yoon about his motives and the preparation process for the declaration of martial law back in December AND what his specific orders were when the military raided the National Assembly and the National Election Commission. among others.

What we know so far is that he's remained silent for the most part, and if he moves to the CIO for questioning he will likely continue to do so today as well.

The CIO has to be mindful of time.

The warrant issued by the court only gives them 48 hours to detain President Yoon, and based on the questioning they will request for a warrant that will allow them to detain President Yoon for up to 20 days.

All that needs to be done by Friday morning as Yoon's detention started around 10 AM yesterday.

3. And pro and anti-Yoon protesters are now arriving at the investigators' office.

How are things looking there at the moment?

That's right Dami, while as you said President Yoon may not even come here today it hasn't stopped these protesters.

They have been here since early in the morning and from what I can tell at the moment there are dozens of President Yoon supporters.

The Police started forming these barriers around the CIO to prevent any incidents with buses as well.

Of course overnight near here there was an incident when someone set themself on fire.

The person is in critical condition, and it's unknown whether the action was in support of or against President Yoon.

That's all for now, back to you Dami.

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