On the afternoon of the 4th, the special investigation team will summon Lee Joo-ho, the Deputy Prime Minister for Social Affairs and Minister of Education, and Park Jong-jun, the former chief of the Presidential Security Service, for questioning. The special investigation team plans to call all cabinet members who did not attend the cabinet meeting before and after the state of emergency to confirm the facts.
According to the legal community, the special investigation team notified the Deputy Prime Minister and the former chief to appear at the special investigation office of the Seoul High Prosecutor's Office that afternoon.
It is reported that the special investigation team will question the Deputy Prime Minister about the cabinet meeting situation before and after the state of emergency. The Deputy Prime Minister did not attend the cabinet meeting held before the declaration of the state of emergency as he did not receive a notice to attend. The special investigation team summoned and investigated Minister Ahn Duk-geun of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and Minister Yoo Sang-im of the Ministry of Science and ICT, who also did not attend the cabinet meeting before the state of emergency, on the 2nd.
The special investigation team plans to investigate former chief Park regarding the allegation that former President Yoon Suk-yeol mobilized the security service to obstruct the execution of an arrest warrant by the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials. The special investigation team summoned and questioned Kim Sung-hoon, the former vice administrator of the Presidential Security Service, the day before.