Live from Seoul Detention Center: CIO to carry out 3rd forced summons attempt

Following his first appearance at his impeachment trial on Tuesday, President Yoon stopped by a hospital before he returned to Seoul Detention Center.

For details, we connect with our Lee Soo-jin at the detention center.

Soo-jin, first off, tell us more about his hospital visit.

Sure,.. so President Yoon was expected to return straight away to the Seoul Detention Center.

But instead, like you said, he went to the Armed Forces Seoul Hospital a military hospital in downtown Seoul.

Yoon, along with his escort vehicles, departed from the Constitutional Court at 4:42 PM yesterday,.. and headed towards the hospital for a medical check-up.

The hospital visit had been approved by the head of the detention center, as required by detainees.

Yoon's lawyers told reporters on Tuesday that this was a check-up that his doctor had asked him to receive a month before.

Yoon remained at the hospital for more than three hours until around 8:40PM.

He returned here at the Seoul Detention Center a little past 9 PM on Tuesday.

As a result, the second attempt by the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials to question Yoon on Tuesday was unsuccessful.

The CIO dispatched six investigators and prosecutors to the Seoul Detention Center at around 5PM, after the agency confirmed that the hearing had been concluded.

But as Yoon did not immediately return to the facility, the CIO officials were left to wait at the detention center.

And the officials eventually left around 30 minutes after Yoon arrived back at the detention center past 9PM as regulations prohibit questioning detainees without their consent after 9PM.

So Tuesday was another unproductive day for investigators.

Now, what's their plan for today?

Well, they are planning to carry out another forced summons attempt today.

But because there isn't much time before the CIO has to hand Yoon over to prosecutors on the 28th, it said in a briefing just an hour ago, that it will attempt to once again forcibly transfer Yoon to the CIO interrogation room at the Government Complex in Gwacheon today.

The CIO has considered both options of carrying out forced summons and an on-site investigation. The latter of those was often seen in cases involving former presidents.

Yoon's lawyers,.. however, are maintaining their stance of refusing to comply with the CIO investigation, saying that as they plan to attend all the impeachment hearings at the Constitution Court, they need time to prepare.

Last but not least, Soo-jin, please do update us on the investigations into Yoon's supporters who attacked the court that issued the formal arrest warrant against Yoon this past weekend.

Sure,.. so prosecutors are moving forward with making sure that Yoon's supporters that stormed the Seoul Western District Court are held accountable for their actions.

Legal sources revealed on Tuesday that prosecutors on Monday requested detention warrants for 46 people who were apprehended after Sunday's riots.

The 46 individuals face charges of trespassing on court premises and vandalizing the building.

Out of the 46 people, six of them were revealed to be in their 20s and 19 of them in their 30s, and their lawyer is currently claiming that the incident was triggered by right-wing YouTubers.

The decision on whether to issue the warrants is expected to take some time to be made due to the large number of warrant requests.

And that's all I have for now.

Back to you, Dami.

Soo-jin thank you for the update.

That was our Lee Soo-jin reporting live from Seoul Detention Center this morning.