The special prosecutor Cho Eun-seok, investigating the insurrection and foreign currency incident related to the emergency martial law on Dec. 3, requested an arrest warrant for former President Yoon Suk-yeol, but the court rejected it.
The insurrection special prosecutor noted in a media announcement on the 25th, "The court rejected the arrest warrant requested for former President Yoon yesterday (24th) because the suspect indicated a willingness to respond to the special prosecutor's request to appear."
The side of former President Yoon stated that they are willing to comply if proper procedures are followed after the special prosecutor received the case from the police, but argued it is illegal to request an arrest warrant suddenly without ever issuing a summons notice. The court accepted this argument from Yoon's side.
The insurrection special prosecutor stated, "We immediately notified former President Yoon and his attorney to appear at 9 a.m. on the 28th," adding that they would consider requesting an arrest warrant if he fails to comply with the appearance request.
The day before, the insurrection special prosecutor requested an arrest warrant on charges of obstructing special duties, stating that despite the police having issued three notices to appear, former President Yoon did not comply.
Former President Yoon is facing allegations of having instructed the Presidential Security Service to prevent the execution of an arrest warrant by the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) in January this year. Additionally, there are allegations that after the declaration of emergency martial law on Dec. 7 of last year, he instructed the Security Service to delete information related to wiretapping of former Army Special Warfare Command Chief Kwak Jong-geun and former Capital Defense Command Chief Lee Jin-woo.
Meanwhile, Yoon's side stated they plan to "respond fully" to the insurrection special prosecutor's request to appear at 9 a.m. on the 28th.