The Kim Keon-hee special counsel will summon Reform Party leader Lee Jun-seok on the 21st for questioning as a suspect over allegations that former President Yoon Suk-yeol interfered in party nominations.
The special counsel plans to question the leader as a suspect at 10 a.m. at its office set up in KT Gwanghwamun Building West in Jongno-gu, Seoul.
It will be the first time the leader is questioned since the special counsel team formally launched its investigation on July 2. The special counsel had planned to summon the leader for questioning on the 12th, but it fell through because the two sides failed to coordinate.
The special counsel plans to determine the facts related to allegations that the former president intervened in nominations during the June 1, 2022 local elections and the parliamentary by-elections.
At the time, when the leader served as head of the People Power Party, Lee claimed there was a call recording indicating signs of nomination interference. He is also a suspect in a related complaint over the alleged interference in nominations.