Special Counsel Summons Former President Yoon Suk-yeol for Second Questioning Today as 'Insurrection' Suspect

Former President Yoon Suk-yeol is set to appear for the second time before the second comprehensive special counsel team led by Kwon Chang-young, which is investigating cases remaining after the three major special counsel probes (insurrection, Kim Keon-hee, and the Marine Corps corporal's death).

The special counsel team plans to summon Yoon today (June 13) at 10:00 a.m. to question him as a suspect on charges of insurrection under the Military Criminal Act.

This marks the second summons of the former president by the comprehensive special counsel team.

The special counsel team is investigating allegations that Yoon conspired with former Minister of National Defense Kim Yong-hyun, former Army Chief of Staff Park An-soo, and others to deploy armed soldiers to the National Assembly and the National Election Commission to incite a riot.

While the crime of insurrection is generally applied to military personnel, the special counsel team maintains that non-military individuals can also be punished if they conspire with military personnel.

The crime of leading an insurrection carries a mandatory death penalty under the law.

If Yoon is indicted and convicted on these charges, his sentence could be aggravated.

Yoon was sentenced to life imprisonment in the first trial for leading an insurrection and is currently awaiting the appellate court process.

Yoon's side argues that the elements of the crime of leading an insurrection are already covered by the insurrection charges currently on trial, and therefore, this constitutes "double jeopardy."

The special counsel team first summoned Yoon on the 6th, 101 days after its launch, to question him on charges of abuse of power related to allegations of sending messages to justify martial law.

At that time, the morning session was disrupted due to conflicting positions between the two sides regarding the fact that a special investigator dispatched from the police was conducting the questioning. The investigation properly began around 1:30 p.m. with the special prosecutor in charge present and lasted for about two hours.

The special counsel team is expected to summon Yoon again in the future regarding allegations of "misappropriation of the presidential residence budget."

Furthermore, investigations into allegations involving First Lady Kim Keon-hee, such as the "cover-up of the Deutsch Motors investigation" and the "relocation of the Yangpyeong highway," are also expected to target Yoon, who is considered the "pinnacle" of these cases.
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