“ Martial Law, Arrest and Impeachment of President Yoon: The Culmination of Events in South Korea President Yoon Seok-yeol is arrested on suspicion of treason after a failed attempt to impose martial law. He refuses to be questioned and may lose his position through impeachment.”, — write on: unn.ua
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Impeached South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol faced questioning again on Thursday, a day after his dramatic arrest over a failed martial law declaration, but his lawyers said he would not participate.
South Korea’s High-ranking Public Official Crimes Investigation Agency announced that it had executed an arrest warrant for President Yoon Seok-yeol, who holed up in the presidential residence in Hannam-dong, Seoul, at 10:33 a.m. on January 15 on suspicion of treason.
The chaos that began after President Yun’s declaration of martial law on December 3 last year is likely to develop along two main lines. It is about Yun’s treason investigation and impeachment hearing at the Constitutional Court. Yun will probably be found guilty of treason. Public opinion against Yun has also worsened as a result of his arrest, raising the possibility that the Constitutional Court will impeach him.
Immediately after Yun’s arrest, the office of the South Korean president released his statement, which lasted less than three minutes. Yun called the arrest procedures “illegal” and insisted that he was arrested “not according to illegal procedures, but to avoid unfortunate bloodshed.”
According to South Korean media, the interrogation continued until 9:00 p.m., but Yoon refused to testify. Yoon was later transferred to the Seoul Colony.
Investigators from the Corruption Investigation Office (CIO) were due to continue questioning Yun on Thursday at 2:00 p.m. local time (05:00 GMT), but his lawyer said he was unable to do so due to his health, the news agency reported. Yonhap.
“President Yoon is not feeling well, and he fully explained his position yesterday, so there is nothing more to question him about,” Yoon Kab-keun told Yonhap, referring to his decision not to answer questions on Wednesday.
By the morning of the 17th, the agency will decide whether to request an arrest warrant from the court that would allow continued detention.
A former senior South Korean government official said: “Yoon is responsible for causing chaos on the 15th.” On the 15th, a former high-ranking official commented on the situation in the presidential residence: “It was exactly the same as in the National Assembly on the night of December 3 last year, when martial law (state of emergency) was declared.”
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The former official said that the reason Yun was so reluctant to be arrested was that “he seriously believed that he could return to the presidency after going through the hearings at the Constitutional Court.”
If he is arrested and the investigation into treason charges moves forward, public opposition to Yun will intensify. It will also affect the Constitutional Court proceedings, potentially leading to Yoon’s removal as president.
On the other hand, Yoon’s arrest on the 15th made it more likely that he would be impeached in the upcoming Constitutional Court hearings.
Kim Jong-un, a veteran of South Korean politics and a five-term member of the National Assembly, also believes the Yun administration is already “finished” politically before it has even passed legal review.
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President Yoon shocked the nation late on December 3 when he declared martial law, saying he needed to protect South Korea “from threats posed by North Korean communist forces and eliminate anti-state elements.”
He deployed troops to parliament, but lawmakers defied him and voted against the move. Yun lifted martial law after only six hours and was later impeached by parliament.
The ousted leader, 64, then spent weeks trying to avoid arrest by staying in his apartment complex under the protection of loyal members of the Presidential Security Service (PSS).
He remained defiant on Wednesday after his arrest, posting on Facebook what he said were recordings from his residence, repeating unsubstantiated claims of election fraud.
Shortly after Yoon was escorted to the CIO’s office, investigators began questioning Yoon, but later said he exercised “his right to remain silent.”
His supporters also refused to accept the arrest.
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In South Korea, investigators have arrested the temporarily suspended president Yoon Seok-yeol at his residence in Seoul. The arrest is related to the introduction of martial law in December and subsequent hiding from the investigation.
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