Former President Yoon Suk-yeol attends for the first time as a suspect in the special investigation into insurrection established at the Seoul High Prosecutors' Office in Seocho-gu, Seoul, on the 28th of last month. /Courtesy of News1

Former President Yoon Suk-yeol is scheduled to appear before the Special Investigation Team for Insurrection around 9 a.m. on the 5th. This will be the second investigation, a week after the first probe on the 28th of last month.

The Special Investigation Team for Insurrection, led by Cho Eun-seok, investigated several government ministers and defense officials over the past week following the first examination. It is expected that the findings from these investigations will be the basis for the second investigation conducted today. If the allegations against former President Yoon become clearer during this investigation, there are predictions that the team may consider requesting an arrest warrant.

The Special Investigation Team previously notified former President Yoon that the second summons was set for the 1st. However, after his side failed to comply, the appearance time was reassigned to 9 a.m. today.

Former President Yoon's side requested to delay the appearance time until 10 a.m., but the Special Investigation Team did not accept this. Therefore, former President Yoon's side stated that they would appear around 9 a.m., even if it is delayed by 10 to 20 minutes.

Former President Yoon is facing allegations of obstructing the execution of an arrest warrant against him (obstruction of special official duties and abuse of power). He is also accused of instructing the National Presidential Security Service to delete information from military commanders' secure phones to destroy evidence (aiding in abuse of authority under the Presidential Security Act).

The Special Investigation Team has notified former President Yoon's side that they will investigate the allegations related to obstructing the execution of the arrest warrant, violations of the Presidential Security Act regarding the instruction to delete secure phone information, and abuse of authority related to the martial law National Cabinet Meeting, along with foreign exchange allegations.

Therefore, it is expected that today's investigation will broadly address allegations that former President Yoon instructed the military drone operations command to deploy unmanned aerial vehicles in Pyongyang to build a justification for martial law, obstructed the deliberation and voting rights of government ministers regarding martial law, and sought posthumous signatures from former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo and others on the martial law declaration to conceal illegal martial law.

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