Former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, summoned by the special investigation team for the insurrection case, returned home after about 13 hours and 40 minutes since the investigation began.
Former Prime Minister Han appeared at the Seoul High Prosecutor's Office around 10 a.m. on the 2nd and left the prosecutor's office around 11:40 p.m. the same day. Han is under suspicion of assisting or participating in securing the procedural legitimacy of the martial law situation declared last December.
As he left the prosecutor's office, former Prime Minister Han faced questions from the press, such as, 'Why did you sign and dispose of the post-martial law documents?' 'Is it correct that you tried to prevent the martial law declaration?' and 'There are reports saying you reviewed the legality of the martial law; please clarify.' He remained silent throughout.
Former Prime Minister Han has stated to investigative agencies that he opposed the martial law declaration by former President Yoon Suk-yeol. However, it is known that he did not recommend lifting the martial law shortly after its declaration and reviewed its legality instead.
The special investigation team also imposed a travel ban on former Prime Minister Han that day.
Meanwhile, on that day, the special investigation team summoned Minister Ahn Duk-geun of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy in the morning, and Minister Yoo Sang-im of the Ministry of Science and ICT and former presidential secretary Kim Jeong-hwan in the afternoon for questioning. Secretary Kim is still under investigation, but Ministers Ahn and Yoo returned home after being questioned for approximately 9 hours and 5 hours, respectively.