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Yoon Suk Yeol Defies Special Counsel Summons, Faces Possible Detention

He faces a final summons for July 5 under threat of a detention warrant from the special counsel probing his December martial law declaration.

Former President Yoon Suk Yeol leaves the Seoul High Prosecutors Office in southern Seoul on June 29, 2025. (Pool photo) (Yonhap)
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South Korea's former President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives at Seoul High Prosecutor's Office to attend questioning after being summoned as part of a probe by a special prosecutor into his botched attempt to declare martial law, in Seoul, South Korea, June 28, 2025. REUTERS/Kim Soo-hyeon/File photo
Song Jin-ho (C), a lawyer for former President Yoon Suk Yeol, speaks to reporters after Yoon underwent questioning by a special counsel team at the Seoul High Prosecutors Office in southern Seoul on June 29, 2025. (Yonhap)

Overview

  • On July 1, Yoon Suk Yeol failed to appear at a 9 a.m. summons by the special counsel, marking his first noncompliance in the martial law probe.
  • Assistant special counsel Park Ji-young announced that Yoon must attend questioning by July 5 or the team will seek a detention warrant under the Criminal Procedure Act.
  • Yoon’s legal team cited health issues and a conflicting insurrection trial hearing when requesting to reschedule, but the counsel granted only a one-day delay.
  • He previously underwent a marathon June 28 interrogation session, during which procedural disputes limited actual questioning to about five hours.
  • Investigators questioned former aide Kang Eui-gu on July 1 and uncovered evidence that ex-Prime Minister Han Duck-soo belatedly signed and then ordered destruction of martial law decree documents.