A sudden turn from non-attendance to attendance... "I will recover my honor."

[Anchor]
President Yoon Suk Yeol's appearance at the court was simply a surprise decision.

Why did President Yoon, who was likely to be absent in the first place, change his position?

Reporter Han Yeon-hee reports.

[Reporter]
President Yoon Suk Yeol, who has emphasized the unfairness of the Western District Court's warrant request, was widely expected to miss the interrogation of the suspect before his arrest.

Immediately after the actual request for an arrest warrant, the president's lawyer told reporters that President Yoon would not appear.

However, a few hours later, he changed his position, saying he would comprehensively reveal his attendance in the morning.

In fact, lawyers visited the detention center after announcing the announcement at 10 a.m.

After the longer-than-expected interview, the lawyers announced at around 10:55 that President Yoon would attend the interrogation of the suspect before his arrest.

He also stressed that he would restore his reputation by explaining directly the legitimacy of the emergency rule and that the crime of rebellion does not constitute.

He also mentioned the regret that the former ministers, generals, and the police chief, who carried out martial law work, were arrested.

[Seok Dong-hyun / Lawyers for President Yoon Suk Yeol : General officers following the instructions of the commander-in-chief to clarify their position on this wrong and unjust investigation into detaining the police chief....]

As this is the first time an arrest warrant has been requested by an incumbent president, President Yoon became the first president to directly go to the interrogation of the suspect before his arrest and plead himself.

I'm YTN's Han Yeonhee.

Filmmaker: Kim Jeong-han, Kim Kwang-hyun, Kim Jung-hyun, Kim Jung-hyunVideo editing; Choi Yeon-ho and Kim Hyun-jun
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