President Yoon refuses to investigate the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit..."I said enough".

2025.01.16. PM 8:49
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Yoon Suk Yeol's president has refused further investigation by the Airborne Division.

It seems that the investigative agency decided that it would not be helpful to make more statements as the request for an arrest warrant is likely.

Reporter Youngsoo Kim reports.

[Reporter]
After more than 10 hours of high-intensity investigations, Yoon Suk Yeol appeared likely to respond to the investigation the next day.

We only delayed the time through consultation with the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit due to health problems, but did not reject the investigation itself.

But suddenly, the position changed.

With 10 minutes left to the promised time, President Yoon officially informed the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit that he would not be investigated.

The reason for the absence was that there was no change in position.

Earlier, the lawyers told reporters that there was no need for further investigation as they had said enough in the first investigation.

In general, the legal profession explains that in this case, it reflects concerns that the statement may be interpreted or distorted differently from the intention.It seems that President

Yoon's failure to seal the record appears to be conscious of the fact that it could work against him.

In fact, it may have decided that it would be better to fight in court than to make a statement by an investigative agency as an arrest warrant was scheduled.

In the midst of this, the delegation to take the impeachment trial has increased to 14 with a total of six people joining, including former Constitutional Judge Cho Dae-hyun and former Prosecutor General Jung Sang-myung.

This is YTN Youngsoo Kim.


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