Yoon rejects day two of questioning, stands by his claim over investigation's legitimacy

We start today at the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials in Gwacheon where a second day of questioning was expected to take place.

For more I have our top office correspondent Kim Do-yeon joining me live.

So Do-yeon, a second session of questions was scheduled to open today but that did not happen.

Do tell us more.

Sun-hee, that's right as you said, Yoon was set to be brought here to the CIO headquarters for more questioning but he refused.

That means he is still at Seoul Detention Center at the moment.

At first, this morning Yoon's legal team requested the questioning session to start at 2 PM due to health reasons but soon afterward they said Yoon has said everything already and that another questioning session would not be necessary.

As you said on the first day of questioning which was yesterday he was questioned from 11 AM to nearly 10 PM while remaining silent.

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 in to investigators and was detained to prevent any unfortunate clashes between the investigators and the Presidential Security Service.

And I hear the president's defense team has formally called on a local court to look into the legality of the president's arrest?

That's right, Sun-hee earlier in the day Yoon has actually called for a review of the legality of this arrest and Seoul Central District Court is currently in the process of reviewing it.

And that move by Yoon's team is in line with what we just talked about how Yoon claims the CIO does not have the authority to investigate.

Representatives from both Yoon and the CIO started the hearing for this a few moments ago.

This means if the court rules in favor of Yoon he will be released right away if not he will be kept under the current detention.

The countdown of 48 hours for Yoon's current detention has been temporarily paused as per the rule for the legality review.

The countdown resumes once the CIO's documents that have been sent to the courts for the review are returned.

Do keep in mind, that the CIO is expected to request another warrant that allows them to detain President Yoon for up to 20 days and this will probably be done after the court has decided on the legality review of the ongoing arrest.

Meanwhile fortunately for the many residents of the Hannam-dong residential area public rallies in support of and in opposition to the president have moved their base.

What have you been hearing there Do-yeon?

Sun-hee, I've been here since early in the morning, and protesters were out here even before me.

There were dozens at first, but now I see a much bigger group as throughout the day more came to join the others.

It seems like the main protest here is in support of Yoon.

Also, some ruling People Power Party lawmakers joined the protesters here earlier in the day.

Of course, the police have been busy since early this morning as well.

Our team's van was asked to be moved a few times as these barriers of buses were being set up.

That's all for now, back to you Sun-hee.

All right Do-yeon, thank you for the latest on the investigation into insurrection charges against the president.

And do keep us posted.