The special prosecutor for Kim Keon-hee announced on the afternoon of the 30th that it has requested an arrest warrant for former President Yoon Suk-yeol in relation to the 'allegations of interference in the nomination process.' The special prosecutor had notified the former president, who is incarcerated in a detention center, to appear for questioning twice, but he did not attend both times.
On that day, special prosecutor Jeong-hee Oh said at a media briefing, "We notified former President Yoon twice to attend, but he did not appear without providing any reason." She also stated, "We filed for an arrest warrant for former President Yoon at the court at 2:12 p.m. today."
Former President Yoon is under suspicion of having helped former People Power Party lawmaker Kim Young-sun secure a nomination in a by-election held the same year in exchange for receiving public opinion surveys for free from political broker Myung-tae Kyun during the 2022 presidential election process.
Former President Yoon has been detained at the Seoul Detention Center since the 10th under the insurrection special prosecutor investigating the related state of martial law and foreign exchange. He has refused to attend not only the insurrection special prosecutor's investigation but also the trial since his arrest.