Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit Refuses to Investigate President Yoon's Compulsory Appeal

2025.01.20. AM 11:21
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Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit "President Yoon reviews the possibility of compulsory recruitment"
" Evidence for compulsory recruitment due to the effect of arrest warrant"
"Discussion of compulsory recruitment this morning…I'm not excluding the field investigation.
[Anchor]
The Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit says it is strongly considering a forced recruitment to force Yoon Suk Yeol's president, who is refusing to investigate.

However, the timing was not specified.

There is a reporter on the scene. Reporter Youngsoo Kim!

[Reporter]
Yes, it's a high-ranking government official's criminal investigation office.

[Anchor]
What is the position of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit when President Yoon continues to refuse to investigate?

[Reporter]
An official from the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit met with reporters a while ago to brief them on the investigation.

An official from the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit said they are strongly considering forced recruitment.


The mention of 'pronely' review may actually be considered as establishing a compulsory recruitment policy and reviewing implementation plans.

An official from the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit explained that the judgment was based on the precedent that forced recruitment was possible due to the effect of the arrest warrant.

However, it did not disclose a specific time point whether it would be today or tomorrow, and said it would be discussed later this morning.

He also added that the prosecutor did not completely rule out going to the detention center and conducting an on-site investigation.

[Anchor]
Isn't it not just a few times that President Yoon didn't respond to the investigation?

[Reporter]
Yes, it is.It can be seen that President

Yoon completely rejects the investigation and investigation of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit.

As it is today, most of them did not explain to the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit why they did not comply with the previous investigation.President

Yoon was investigated for about 10 hours and 40 minutes on the day he was arrested on the 15th and refused to investigate on the 16th and 17th.

And since he was arrested, he has refused to comply with the summons request four times, both yesterday and today.

In the investigation on the day of his arrest, rather than answering the prosecutor's question, he actually exercised his right to silence by only making his own claims.

[Anchor]
What is the direction of President Yoon's response?

[Reporter]
First of all, the first thing to be discussed is to request an arrest suit, asking for a second judgment on the need for arrest.A lawyer for President Yoon

said it is still under consideration.

After that, the case will be transferred to the prosecution, and there is a possibility that President Yoon will actively participate in the prosecution.President Yoon's lawyer

previously told reporters that he is considering whether to launch a prosecution investigation.

In addition, as President Yoon said that the illegality was not resolved in the investigation of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit, and that the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit had nothing to say, it is expected that the attitude may change at the prosecution level.

[Anchor]
Then, when will the case be transferred to the prosecution?

[Reporter]
An official from the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit also explained this part.

The Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit calculated the first arrest deadline as the 28th.

An official of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit explained that the result was excluding the period of arrest and interrogation of the suspect before the arrest, but

The exact duration of the arrest needs further discussion with the prosecution, it added.

As it was decided to investigate the case by dividing it into 10 days when it was transferred earlier, it is highly likely that the case will be sent to the prosecution around the 28th.

However, an official from the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit said this part also needs to be discussed with the prosecution.

So far, the airlift has delivered it to you.


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