Former President Yoon Suk Yeol was questioned Saturday by a special counsel team over allegations he directed messages to allies to justify his martial law declaration.
Yoon arrived at the special counsel's office in Gwacheon, just south of Seoul, around 9:50 a.m. and left at about 4:30 p.m. The session lasted roughly six hours, but actual questioning was limited to about two hours after Yoon objected to a police officer and demanded a prosecutor. Investigators allege Yoon instructed the Foreign Ministry and the National Security Office to send messages to allies, including the United States, framing the Dec. 3, 2024 martial law declaration as necessary to protect democracy and counter pro-North Korean forces. The NSO reportedly passed the message to the National Intelligence Service the next day for translation and briefing to a CIA official. Yoon denied the main allegations. One of his lawyers told Yonhap News Agency that Yoon
