Former President Yoon Seok-yeol suddenly refuses special prosecutor investigation: ”Will the first face-to-face investigation by the prosecution be a failure?”

Former President Yoon Seok-yeol, a suspect in the December 3 emergency martial law-related insurrection case, appeared before the prosecutors on the 28th, but suddenly refused to participate in the special prosecutor's investigation in the afternoon and is currently holding out.
The special counsel warned that if he does not continue to comply with the investigation, they will consider it a refusal to appear and make a decision. This could lead to the in-person investigation of former President Yoon Seok-yeol being carried out by the prosecution going awry.
Former President Yoon Seok-yeol appeared as a suspect before Cho Eun-seok, the special prosecutor for civil unrest, on the morning of the same day, 16 days after the special prosecutor was launched.
The special counsel team concluded its morning investigation of former President Yoon Seok-yeol from 10:14 a.m. to 12:44 p.m. on the same day.
The investigation was scheduled to resume at 1:30 p.m. after lunch, but former President Yoon Seok-yeol's legal team has demanded a change of investigator, effectively refusing to allow the investigation to continue.
Park Chang-hwan, head of the National Police Agency's Major Crimes Investigation Division, who participated in questioning by former President Yoon Seok-yeol during the prosecution's investigation,
The government has refused to investigate the former president, who is also a suspect in ordering the illegal arrest of a former vice president.
The legal team for former President Yoon Seok-yeol said, "It's like the perpetrator is investigating the victim."
In response, Assistant Special Prosecutor Park Ji-Yeon, who is part of the special investigation team, said, "It is a step beyond the line for a lawyer to obstruct an investigation with false facts."
"We have no choice but to conclude that the defense group is obstructing the investigation by spreading false facts, and we will launch an investigation into their obstruction of the investigation."
He continued, "Against those in the legal team who are spreading false facts and obstructing the investigation,
"If there are any cases where the president has violated the law, we will consider launching an investigation and filing disciplinary charges against the Bar Association," he added. If former President Yoon Seok-yeol continues to refuse to submit to the investigation, the first face-to-face investigation may end in failure.
In preparation for this, the special prosecutor is preparing legal action. Assistant special prosecutor Park Ji-Yeong said, "If he continues to refuse the investigation, we will consider taking measures under the Criminal Procedure Act," but added, "We have not yet determined whether to issue an arrest warrant."
It's difficult," he said.