Former President Yoon Suk-yeol did not attend the criminal trial on charges of insurrection, which was held at the Seoul Central District Court at 10:15 a.m. on the 10th. Earlier, Yoon was re-arrested around 2:07 a.m. that morning on charges including abuse of power. It has been four months since he was released on March 8 following a court decision that canceled his arrest on charges of being the leader of an insurrection after being detained on January 19.

On the night of the 9th, Yoon Suk-yeol, the former President of South Korea, who is under investigation by the special prosecutor regarding the state of emergency on 12·3, moves to the waiting area at the Seoul Detention Center after finishing the second pre-arrest interrogation at the Seoul Central District Court. /Courtesy of News1

Yoon submitted an absence notice to the 25th Criminal Division of the Seoul Central District Court (Presiding Judge Director General Ji Kwi-yeon) responsible for the insurrection case that morning. The notice reportedly included 'health reasons' among its contents.

The court has been holding Yoon's 10th trial session since 10:15 a.m. Yoon's legal team attended the trial that day. The defense team said, "We question whether a lawful summons (for Yoon) was conducted, and it is our opinion that evidence should not be gathered outside of the formal trial date."

However, the court responded, "While we cannot know (the manner of the summons), the notice itself only states that the defendant cannot comply with the attendance request," and added, "We cannot proceed with the general trial in the absence of the defendant; since we have summoned witnesses, we will proceed with witness interrogations."

In response, the special prosecution team for the insurrection stated, "Yoon did not attend without justifiable cause," and requested that the court urge the defendant's side to take measures to prevent a recurrence, adding that if the defendant continues to be absent, they should consider concrete measures such as issuing a warrant.

Meanwhile, witness examinations of former Colonel Ko Dong-hee, former Chief of the Anti-Spy Agency Jeong Seong-woo, and Kim Young-kwon, Chief of the Anti-Spy Agency, are scheduled to take place at that trial. Former Colonel Ko was reportedly deployed to the National Election Commission during the state of emergency. Former Chief Jeong is said to have received orders from former Anti-Spy Agency Director Yeon Hyun-young to control the election commission's computer room and secure servers. Additionally, it has been reported that on the day of the emergency, Kim was with former Army Special Warfare Command Commander Kwak Jong-geun when he received orders from Yoon.

Earlier, Judge Director General Nam Se-jin of the Seoul Central District Court issued an arrest warrant for Yoon around 2:07 a.m., citing concerns about evidence destruction. The pre-arrest interrogation of the suspect was conducted from 2:15 p.m. to 9:01 p.m. on the 9th, with a conclusion reached in five hours. After the arrest examination, Yoon, who had been waiting at the Seoul Detention Center, was incarcerated.

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