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Yoon Declines Special Counsel Questioning, Will Appear in Court Friday

The jailed ex-president now confronts a separate abuse-of-authority case tied to a Friday bail hearing.

Overview

  • Yoon Suk Yeol notified detention officials he will not attend a special counsel session scheduled for Wednesday.
  • The summons sought to question him over reported allegations of an October drone dispatch to Pyongyang, which investigators have so far explored through military witnesses.
  • He remains held at Seoul Detention Center in Uiwang and is already on trial on insurrection and related abuse-of-power charges from his December martial law bid.
  • Investigators have additionally indicted him for alleged abuse of authority and obstruction, with a first hearing set for Friday that his lawyers say he must attend.
  • The Seoul Central District Court will also hear his bail request Friday, following repeated absences from his insurrection trial that his team attributes to health issues.