Former President Yoon Suk-yeol stated on the 25th that he submitted a relevant opinion to the court regarding the arrest warrant request by the special prosecutor for insurrection, calling it "an illegal act lacking procedural legitimacy."
Yoon's attorney claimed in a statement sent to the media that "Former President Yoon has not received a single summons notification from the special prosecutor to date," and added, "Not even information regarding the location of the special prosecutor's office, the interrogation room, or the assigned prosecutor has been conveyed at all."
The attorney continued, "It is an incomprehensible action that the special prosecutor filed for an arrest warrant against the former president while completely skipping fundamental procedures, and it seriously violates the rights of the accused and human rights," noting that "the special prosecutor and the police are clearly separate investigative agencies, and invoking the police stage's attendance request to file an arrest warrant is legally unreasonable and constitutes an illegal act lacking procedural legitimacy."
He expressed hope that "the court will make a prudent and wise judgment."
Previously, on the 24th at around 5:50 p.m., the special prosecutor for insurrection filed for an arrest warrant against Yoon in the Seoul Central District Court. An arrest warrant can be issued when a criminal suspect does not comply with a summons from the investigation agency.
Former President Yoon faces charges of obstructing the execution of an arrest warrant against him (obstruction of special official duties, abuse of power) from January. He is also accused of instructing the Presidential Security Service to delete the private phone information of military commanders to destroy evidence (abuse of authority under the Presidential Security Act). This accusation is separate from the charges of being an insurrection leader, which has already been indicted and is undergoing first trial.