On June 28, former president Yoon Suk-yeol refused to be questioned by police investigators dispatched to the special counsel’s office for the insu...
Former President Yoon Suk-yeol arrives at the Seoul High Prosecutors’ Office on June 28 for questioning by the special counsel team over insurrection charges. / Reporter Jeong Hyo-jin On June 28, former president Yoon Suk-yeol refused to be questioned by police investigators dispatched to the special counsel’s office for the insurrection case, leading to a suspension of the investigation.
Showing up late, requesting a private appearance, and demanding to use the underground parking lot were already shameless enough. But now, this suspect in an insurrection case wants to handpick his own interrogator? Yoon’s legal team objected just hours before the questioning was scheduled to begin, claiming that Police Superintendent Park Chang-hwan, head of the National Police Agency’s Serious Crimes Investigation Division, had participated in the “illegal execution of the first arrest warrant” against Yoon, and demanded his replacement. They also refused to sign and seal any statements related to charges they claimed involved a conflict of interest. However, the special counsel’s office countered that Superintendent Park was not even present at the scene and had no role in directing the investigation. The failed attempt to serve the arrest warrant on January 5 was carried out by the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials , not the police, and was blocked by the Presidential Security Service at the time. Yoon and his legal representatives are making baseless and false claims to obstruct the lawful duties of the special counsel team. After the standoff, the questioning resumed in the afternoon, but according to the special counsel team, it only covered a limited set of allegations, such as the process behind the cabinet meeting just before Yoon’s declaration of martial law and obstruction of the National Assembly’s vote to lift martial law. Serious charges like obstructing the arrest, ordering the deletion of secure phone records, and landesverrat-related offenses were left untouched. The entire first session lasted just five hours. Unlike former presidents Park Geun-hye and Lee Myung-bak, who at least issued a public apology when summoned by prosecutors, Yoon showed no remorse and instead demanded special treatment. His delusions and shamelessness as the alleged ringleader of a rebellion are staggering. Yoon rejected the special counsel team’s request for a follow-up investigation scheduled for June 30 and instead, on the 29th, asked to reschedule it. It is clear that he has no intention of stopping his antics that undermine the rule of law. There is no need or reason to accommodate such absurd demands from someone trying to place himself above the law. Special Counsel Cho Eun-seok has declared, “There will be no special treatment. We will not be dragged around,” vowing to uphold the principle that the law does not kowtow to power. He must now act on those words by decisively accelerating the investigation. If any evidence of illegality is confirmed, Yoon should be immediately taken back into custody. Yoon must come to terms with the reality that he is a suspect in a rebellion case and remember that cooperating fully with the special counsel team is the bare minimum duty he owes to the people. 오피니언 많이 본 기사 ※This article has undergone review by a professional translator after being translated by an AI translation tool.
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