South Koreas jailed ex-leader Yoon resists questioning by taking off jail uniform

South Korea’s jailed ex-President #Yoon Suk Yeol once more refused to attend questioning by investigators Friday (August 1, 2025), utilizing a brand new methodology to withstand: He took off his jail uniform and lay down on the ground in his detention room.

Mr. Yoon, faraway from workplace in April over his ill-fated imposition of martial regulation, was despatched again to jail final month as he stands a high-stakes trial over revolt and different prices. Mr. Yoon, a conservative, faces investigations into different prison allegations that aren’t associated to his Dec. 3 martial regulation decree however goal him, his spouse and others.

On Friday (August 1, 2025), Min Joong-ki, a particular counsel named by his liberal rival and new President Lee Jae Myung, despatched investigators to retrieve Mr. Yoon from a detention centre close to #Seoul after the previous president twice defied requests to attend questioning. Min’s group is tasked with delving into allegations surrounding Mr. Yoon’s spouse, Kim Keon Hee, together with that she and her husband exerted inappropriate affect on the then-ruling celebration’s election nomination course of in 2022.

Min’s group had a court-issued detention warrant that authorised them to convey Mr. Yoon out of his detention facility by power, however mentioned they had been hoping for his voluntary cooperation.

“Without carrying his jail uniform, the suspect lay down on the ground and strongly resisted his detention,” assistant particular counsel Oh Jeong-hee advised a televised briefing.

Justice Minister #Jung Sung-ho individually advised lawmakers that Mr. Yoon took off his shorts and short-sleeved shirt and put them again on after investigators left.

Ms. Oh mentioned her group members shunned utilizing bodily means out of security issues however notified Mr. Yoon that they might execute the warrant subsequent time. She urged Mr. Yoon to cooperate because the Korean individuals are intently watching whether or not the enforcement of regulation is utilized to everybody equally.

Yu Jeong-hwa, a lawyer for Mr. Yoon, accused the particular counsel group of trampling on Mr. Yoon’s dignity and honour by discussing his costume in jail, in accordance with native media reviews.

Mr. Yoon’s defence group earlier mentioned that he was unable to attend his trial and endure questioning by investigators due to well being issues. They mentioned in a press release on Thursday (August 1, 2025) that Mr. Yoon has cardiovascular, autonomic nervous system and eye points. They cited an unidentified hospital as saying that Mr. Yoon faces the danger of blindness as a result of he didn’t obtain medical remedy for the previous three months.

Mr. Yoon’s imposition of martial regulation, which introduced armed troops into #Seoul streets, lasted solely a number of hours earlier than lawmakers voted down his decree unanimously.

Mr. Yoon has argued his decree was a determined try to attract public assist for his combat in opposition to the “wickedness” of Lee’s Democratic Party, then the primary opposition celebration, which had obstructed his agenda, impeached high officers and slashed the federal government’s proposed funds.