On the 28th, the special investigation team for insurrection completed its first face-to-face investigation of former President Yoon Suk-yeol. Former President Yoon is expected to return home around midnight after reviewing the minutes.
The special investigation team noted that after obtaining consent from former President Yoon for a late-night investigation, they conducted the questioning of the suspect until 9:50 p.m. and are currently reviewing the minutes.
The investigation team conducted the late-night investigation for about 50 minutes but found it physically difficult to complete the investigation that day and began reviewing the minutes. After reviewing the content of the investigation, they are expected to coordinate with former President Yoon's side for additional summons dates.
Former President Yoon arrived at the Seoul High Prosecutors' Office at 9:56 a.m. and was investigated by Park Chang-hwan, head of the Korean National Police Agency's Major Crimes Investigation Division (superintendent), for about an hour from 10:14 a.m. The special investigation team tried to resume the investigation into those charges after lunch, but former President Yoon's side refused the investigation, saying that the police officer dispatched to the special investigation team has been reported for illegal arrest.
After about three hours of confrontation with former President Yoon's side, the investigation into the charge of obstruction of arrest was halted, and it shifted to an investigation led by the prosecutors. The investigation, which resumed at 4:45 p.m., examined allegations related to the declaration of a state of emergency on Dec. 3, suggesting that former President Yoon induced a North Korean attack, along with foreign exchange allegations and the situation during the Cabinet meeting. The investigation was interrupted around 7 p.m. for dinner and resumed at 8:25 p.m.
Park Ji-young, the special investigation officer, said at a press briefing at 7 p.m., "It seems physically difficult to complete the investigation today," adding, "The parts we couldn't investigate today will be conducted in a subsequent summons."