Overview

• Han Duck-soo appeared at Special Counsel Cho Eun-suk’s office in southern Seoul on Tuesday after being summoned as a suspect and declined to answer reporters’ questions.
• Prosecutors suspect he sought to confer procedural legitimacy on the Dec. 3 declaration by suggesting a Cabinet meeting with a quorum, a step that would require prime ministerial involvement.
• The team has reportedly obtained presidential office surveillance footage that shows Han looking through martial law papers, undercutting his claim that he learned of the decree only after it was lifted.
• Investigators searched his home in late July and are probing allegations he helped draft and destroy a revised or backdated decree, with presidential aide Kang Eui-gu reportedly testifying the document was discarded at Han’s request with Yoon Suk Yeol’s approval.
• After Tuesday’s questioning, the special counsel is expected to decide whether to seek his arrest.