Special counsel team summons former President Yoon for questioning Friday

On the local front.

The Special Counsel Team investigating former President Yoon Suk Yeol's failed martial law bid summoned the rearrested former leader to appear for questioning later this afternoon.

Cha yun-kyung reports.

Special counsel Cho Eun-suk on Thursday sent a summons for former President Yoon Suk Yeol to attend questioning on Friday over his failed martial law bid.

This would be the first time the former president is questioned following his rearrest early Thursday, making him the first former Korean president to be detained, released, and detained again.

On Sunday, the counsel team formally accused Yoon of five major charges.

That, on December 3rd last year, Yoon held a partial Cabinet meeting to simulate approval for martial law; that he wrote a false martial law statement and later destroyed it; that he spread false information to foreign media, that he ordered the deletion of secure phone records and that he used the presidential security service to stop the police from arresting him.

After a 6-hour 40-minute hearing and a review that lasted five hours on Wednesday, Seoul Central District Court issued the warrant at around 2 AM Thursday, on fears that Yoon could destroy evidence.

However, as Yoon did not attend his insurrection trial Thursday morning due to health issues, there are question marks over whether former President Yoon will show up.

If Yoon refuses to attend the questioning again, the special counsel team could take Yoon into custody after meeting him at the detention center or try to question him there.

The special counsel is scheduled to indict him on these charges within 20 days while also investigating other allegations.

Cha Yun-kyung, Arirang News.