The Constitutional Court will hold a second reading of the besieged party’s impeachment trial on January 16th, as part of a criminal investigation into whether he organized rebellion.
South Korea is dealing with its worst political crisis in years, which Yoon’s quick, resounding, aborted, Dec. 3 attempt to impose martial law.
After authorities swooped early in the morning on his guarded hillside villa in Seoul to the depressed of site visitors, Yoon became the first former leader to be detained in South Korea. This marked the end of a weeks-long conflict with the authorities.
Yoon continued to objecting that it was an unlawful research and an invalid arrest warrant despite the fact that he turned himself in for questioning by bribery investigation officials in order to avoid what he described as “unsavoury bloodshed.
Authorities must obtain a permit to prosecute or relieve the suspended president within 48 hours.
A representative from the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials ( CIO ), which is overseeing the criminal investigation, said on Wednesday that Yoon has so far turned down conversations with investigators who had prepared a questionnaire that was more than 200 pages.