South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol failed to appear before the country’s corruption watchdog on Wednesday after he was summoned for questioning over his martial law bid.
Recall that Yoon was stripped of his duties by parliament over the weekend following his short-lived December 3rd martial law declaration, which plunged the country into its worst political turmoil in decades.
Investigators from the Corruption Investigation Office (CIO) had summoned him to their facility in suburban Seoul for questioning over charges of insurrection and abuse of power as Yoon’s no-show on Wednesday will be considered as a failure to comply with the first summons.
Yoon is being investigated by South Korean prosecutors as well as a joint team of police, defence ministry and anti-corruption investigators.
The president and some of his inner circle face possible life imprisonment, or even the death penalty, if found guilty and he remains under an international travel ban.
Meanwhile, the South Korea’s Constitutional Court, which began proceedings against Yoon on Monday, is separately deliberating whether to uphold his impeachment.
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