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Yoon Suk Yeol Appears for Second Special Counsel Questioning Over Obstruction and Evidence Deletion Allegations

The questioning marks a deepening probe into his actions around the failed December martial law declaration

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Overview

  • Yoon Suk Yeol arrived at the Seoul High Prosecutors Office at 9 a.m. on July 5 for his second session with special counsel Cho Eun-suk.
  • The special counsel is probing claims that he directed the Presidential Security Service to block a detention warrant in January.
  • Investigators plan to question him on allegations he ordered the deletion of secure phone records belonging to military commanders.
  • This session follows his initial questioning last Saturday and coincides with ongoing insurrection hearings over the December martial law attempt in Seoul.
  • Earlier this week, former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo and two other ministers were questioned in a widening probe of cabinet officials.