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

Thank you for joining us. I'm Yoon Jung-min.

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

For more, our correspondent Kim Do-yeon joins me live.

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

Jung-min, that's right as you said, Yoon was set to be brought here to the CIO headquarters for more questioning on charges of insurrection due to his declaration of martial law last month 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.

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, Jung-min 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 showed up at the local court to make their cases.

The court is obligated to make the decision on this within 24 hours and this is likely to come out tomorrow.

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, public rallies in support of and in opposition to the president have moved their base from the Hannam-dong residential area.

What have you been hearing there Do-yeon ?

Jung-min, 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 30 ruling People Power Party lawmakers joined the protesters here earlier in the day.

Now as you said the protests in front of the residence have largely moved and those in favor of Yoon's impeachment are gathering at other locations as well and one of the main ones is going on in front of the Constitutional Court where the impeachment trial is being held.

That's all for now, back to you Jung-min.

That was our Kim Do-yeon reporting live at the investigation office.