President Yoon Suk Yeol / Yonhap
President Yoon Suk Yeol is not going to attend the primary formal listening to in his impeachment trial this week out of issues for his security, his lawyer mentioned Sunday.
Yun Hole-geun, Yoon’s protection lawyer, made the announcement because the Constitutional Court docket will maintain the primary oral arguments on Yoon’s impeachment trial on Tuesday, whereas investigators are looking for to detain the impeached president for questioning in a separate case associated to his short-lived martial legislation imposition.
„As makes an attempt to unlawfully execute an unlawful and invalid arrest warrant are beneath method, there are issues of non-public security and mishap,“ Yun mentioned. „To ensure that the president to look for the trial, the difficulty of non-public security and safety should be resolved.“
Yun mentioned the impeached president will attend his trial if such points are resolved.
The Constitutional Court docket earlier mentioned it might begin oral arguments for the trial on Tuesday, with a complete of 5 listening to classes scheduled till Feb. 4.
Yoon’s legal professionals have beforehand mentioned the president will attend his impeachment trial at an „applicable“ time to make his case.
Ought to Yoon fail to point out up for the listening to on Tuesday, the court docket can be required to finish the session and convene once more Thursday for a second session, which then can proceed even in Yoon’s absence.
Investigators earlier sought to detain Yoon however failed after an hourslong standoff with the Presidential Safety Service. They’re broadly anticipated to stage a second try to detain him after a Seoul court docket granted an extension of the warrant final week.
Individually, the president’s legal professionals visited the workplace of the state anti-corruption company investigating Yoon on Sunday to ship a discover of their appointment as Yoon’s authorized representatives.
In the course of the go to, the legal professionals reportedly confused the necessity for talks to stop a bodily conflict between the police and the presidential safety service of their anticipated try to detain Yoon. (Yonhap)
