Former President Yoon Suk Yeol (R) leaves the Seoul Central District Court in southern Seoul on July 9, 2025, after attending a hearing on his potential arrest over his failed attempt to impose martial law in December. (Image courtesy of Yonhap)
SEOUL, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A special counsel team said Wednesday it has filed for a warrant to forcibly bring in former President Yoon Suk Yeol for questioning over allegations of election meddling.
The request was made shortly after Yoon defied for the second time special counsel Min Joong-ki’s summons to appear for questioning.
“The special counsel notified former President Yoon, who failed to appear yesterday, to appear at 10 a.m. today, but he again did not show up without giving any reasons,” assistant special counsel Oh Jeong-hee said during a press briefing.
Yoon is currently under arrest over his failed attempt to impose martial law in December.
An aide told Yonhap News Agency he was unable to comply with the summons Wednesday because he continues to have health issues, with difficulty moving and even sitting.
In the event the warrant is issued, the special counsel team is expected to send an assistant special counsel and a prosecutor to the Seoul Detention Center, where Yoon is being held, to physically bring him in.
Min’s team is tasked with investigating corruption allegations surrounding Yoon’s wife, former first lady Kim Keon Hee.
They include suspicions the couple received free opinion polls from self-proclaimed power broker Myung Tae-kyun ahead of the 2022 presidential election in exchange for the nomination of former People Power Party Rep. Kim Young-sun for a parliamentary by-election later that year.
Min’s team is also investigating whether Yoon violated the election law by making false statements about his wife’s suspected involvement in a stock price manipulation scheme during the presidential primaries in 2021.
Legal sources said Myung has been summoned to appear for questioning as a bribery suspect Thursday and Friday.
(Yonhap)
