US EditionSouth Korea's ex-leader Yoon lay on floor of cell and refused to be questioned, prosecutors say
SEOUL DETENTION CENTER, AUG 1 – Special Prosecutor Kim Kun-Hee questioned Yoon at Seoul Detention Center under an arrest warrant amid fears he might destroy evidence linked to a decree that triggered a constitutional crisis.
- On August 1, 2025, prosecutors visited former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol at Seoul Detention Centre to question him under a fresh arrest warrant.
- The warrant followed allegations of election tampering linked to Yoon, who resisted questioning by lying on his cell floor in minimal attire and citing health concerns.
- Prosecutors temporarily suspended use of physical force due to safety concerns after Yoon refused cooperation and remained on the floor without prison-issued clothing.
- Prosecutor Oh Jeong-hee said Yoon wore "a sleeveless top and prison-issued briefs," describing this as the "most appropriate way" amid the serious situation.
- The event highlights continuing legal efforts against Yoon and his associates, including Lee Sang-min, amid a constitutional crisis triggered by a controversial decree.
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South Korea’s jailed ex-leader Yoon resists questioning by taking off prison uniform
South Korea’s jailed ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol again refused to attend questioning by investigators Friday, using a new method to resist: He took off his prison uniform and lay down on the floor at his detention room.
South Korea's disfellowshipped President Yoon threatens life imprisonment or even the death penalty, among other things. Now he is to be interrogated. But it does not happen: In Yoon's prison cell, the officials become witnesses to a bizarre scene.
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hbl.fiSouth Korea's criminally accused and ousted president Yoon Suk-Yeol obstructed an interrogation by lying on the floor wearing his underwear, prosecutors say in the investigation.
The former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol refused to present himself at an audition focusing on his cellbed in the intimate lingerie, declared Friday the prosecutors who were investigating his attempt failed to impose the martial law in December 2024...
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