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Special Counsel’s Second Attempt to Summon Yoon Suk Yeol Fails, Phone Forensics Requested

The special counsel is considering an indictment without new in-person interrogation following two unsuccessful attempts to summon the detained former president

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A police van enters the Seoul Detention Center in Uiwang, just south of the capital, on July 15, 2025, the same day special counsel Cho Eun-suk's team made a second attempt to bring in former President Yoon Suk Yeol from his detention cell for questioning over his failed attempt to impose martial law. (Yonhap)
Former President Yoon Suk Yeol appears at the Seoul Central District Court in the capital city on July 9, 2025, to attend a hearing to review the legality of his detention over charges related to his failed attempt to impose martial law. (Pool photo) (Yonhap)
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Overview

  • Yoon Suk Yeol remains held at Seoul Detention Center under a court-issued warrant for insurrection and related charges stemming from his failed December martial law declaration.
  • After citing health and detention-center conditions, Yoon defied a written summons and then twice rebuffed forcible-transfer orders beginning July 14 and again July 15.
  • Correctional officers reported they could not use physical coercion against Yoon due to his status as a former president, preventing either forcible transfer.
  • Special counsel has requested a forensic examination of the iPhone seized during a July 11 raid to review calls with key figures in the case.
  • Prosecutors are reviewing alternative questioning methods and may proceed to indict Yoon without further face-to-face interviews if refusals continue.