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'Refused Arrest': Prosecutors Detail Ex-President's Prison Protest
SOUTH KOREA, AUG 1 – Yoon Suk Yeol resisted questioning by lying on the detention room floor after removing his prison uniform amid investigations into election interference and other charges.
- On Friday, Yoon Suk Yeol, Former President, stripped to his undershirt and underwear and lay on his detention cell floor to resist questioning, investigators reported.
- Yoon’s removal in April by the South Korean Constitutional Court over his martial law attempt last year led to his prison return last month for rebellion and other charges.
- According to an unidentified hospital, Yoon faces blindness risk after three months without treatment, his defense team said Thursday.
- Investigator Oh Jeong-hee said they would try again to bring him in, even if they must use force, and urged Yoon to cooperate, citing public scrutiny.
- The case underscores public scrutiny of equal justice as Yoon faces an insurrection trial, with the proceedings closely watched due to his former prosecutor status.
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South Korea's jailed former president, Yoon Suk Yeol, again refuses to attend questioning by investigators, using a new method to resist — taking off his prison uniform and lying down on the floor at his detention room.
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Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is refusing to cooperate with investigators by taking off his clothes and refusing to move. Special counsel investigators, fulfilling an arrest warrant on allegations of influence-peddling by Yoon, attempted to coax the former…
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Leaning Left7Leaning Right4Center4Last UpdatedBias Distribution47% Left
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