Yoon Refuses to Testify Again in Afternoon Investigation... Chooses Doenjang Jjigae for Dinner Delivery

Whether Late-Night Interrogation Will Be Held Is "Undecided"
President Yoon to Be Detained at Seoul Detention Center After Interrogation

President Yoon Seok-yeol, who was arrested on the 15th by the High-ranking Officials' Crime Investigation Division on charges of leading a rebellion, refused to testify during the afternoon interrogation following the morning session.

President Yoon Suk-yeol is arriving at the Gwacheon Corruption Investigation Office building on the 15th. Photo by Yoon Dong-ju

On the same day, at around 10:33 a.m., the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) arrested President Yoon at the presidential residence in Hannam-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, and transported him to the Government Complex Gwacheon, where he was interrogated for about 2 hours and 30 minutes from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

The first interrogation was conducted by Deputy Chief Prosecutor Lee Jae-seung. After a lunch and rest break of about an hour, Deputy Chief Prosecutor Lee Dae-hwan interrogated President Yoon from 2:40 p.m. to 4:40 p.m., followed by Deputy Chief Prosecutor Cha Jeong-hyun from 4:40 p.m. to 5:50 p.m. There was no separate rest period between the changes of interrogators, and after the afternoon session, President Yoon took a break that included dinner.

A CIO official stated that after finishing dinner by 7 p.m., the interrogation would resume.

The CIO official explained that President Yoon did not respond to any questions during the afternoon session, just as he did in the morning. Among the four lawyers who submitted a power of attorney for President Yoon, only lawyer Yoon Gap-geun was present during the interrogation so far. It was reported that the lawyer also refrained from making any statements.

President Yoon ordered a lunchbox for lunch, and for dinner, doenjang-jjigae (soybean paste stew) was delivered to the rest area opposite the CIO's video interrogation room. The menu was chosen by President Yoon's side.

The CIO is respecting President Yoon's refusal to be recorded and is not recording the interrogation sessions.

It is uncertain whether the interrogation will continue into the night after 9 p.m. A CIO official said, "The decision on whether to conduct a late-night interrogation has not yet been made."

President Yoon is scheduled to be detained at Seoul Detention Center in Uiwang-si, Gyeonggi Province as soon as the interrogation ends. It has not yet been decided whether he will be transported by the Security Office vehicle.

Although a rest area is prepared opposite the video recording room where the interrogation takes place, at night, the detainee is moved to a separate detention facility. During interrogation, the concept of 'temporary detention' is applied, where the person is temporarily held in a designated place and interrogated in the interrogation room while resting in the adjacent space. However, for temporary custody and treatment of the subject, detention is carried out in a location other than the interrogation room.

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