Kim Yong Hyun, the first witness in the impeachment trial...President, when will he be present?

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Former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun will appear as the first witness in Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment trial on the 23rd.

President Yoon, who refuses to investigate the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit, also expressed his position to attend the Constitutional Court in person soon.

Reporter Shin Ji-won reports.

[Reporter]
Former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun, who was arrested on charges of critical missionary work for civil war, will stand as a witness in the impeachment trial of President Yoon Suk Yeol on the 23rd.

Among emergency martial law officials, he will be the first to stand in the Constitutional Court,
It is expected that the note handed to Choi Sang-mok, former Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs at the time of the
martial law, and intensive inquiries about decree No. 1 will be made.

This is because President Yoon earlier said in his interrogation of the suspect before his arrest that he was confused whether he wrote the note himself or former Minister Kim wrote it, saying, "Build an emergency legislative body budget."Regarding martial law decree No. 1, which caused controversy over the unconstitutionality of

{prohibits political activities', President Yoon said Kim copied it, but Kim refrained from making specific comments.

[Yoo Seung-soo / Kim Yong-hyun's lawyer (last 16, trial preparation date): Minister Kim Yong-hyun drafted the (announcement) himself, and of course, the president did the overall review.]

Former National Police Agency Commissioner Jo Ji-ho, who was adopted as a witness after former Minister Kim, expressed his intention not to attend, but the questioning of witnesses such as Lee Jin-woo, commander of the water defense command, and Yeo In-hyeong, commander of counterintelligence, is expected to continue until next month.

President Yoon, who is refusing to comply with the investigative agency's request for attendance, is also expected to appear in the impeachment court of the Constitutional Court.Defense lawyers for President Yoon

said they are coordinating the schedule, saying the president will attend the impeachment trial in person soon.

I'm Shin Jiwon of YTN.

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