Special counsel attempt to question Yoon fails for 2nd time due to 'stubborn refusal'
Published: 07 Aug. 2025, 10:05
Updated: 07 Aug. 2025, 15:30
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- YOON SO-YEON
- [email protected]
![Special counsel team leaves the Seoul Detention Center in Uiwang, Gyeonggi, after failing to arrest former President Yoon Suk Yeol on Aug. 1. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2025/08/07/35132dc9-110d-449e-bb18-8fb11a914bf9.jpg)
Special counsel team leaves the Seoul Detention Center in Uiwang, Gyeonggi, after failing to arrest former President Yoon Suk Yeol on Aug. 1. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]
The special counsel team failed to arrest former President Yoon Suk Yeol for the second time on Thursday morning due to the ex-president's "stubborn refusal," it said.
"We tried to execute the arrest warrant at 8:25 a.m. at the Seoul Detention Center," the counsel told reporters.
"We used physical force but stopped at 9:40 a.m. in concern of a possible injury due to the suspect's stubborn refusal."
The counsel had entered the Seoul Detention Center in Uiwang, Gyeonggi, where Yoon is being held, at around 7:50 a.m.
The counsel's first attempt to arrest Yoon on Aug. 1 had failed after Yoon "continued to lie on the floor in his underwear and refused to comply with the arrest."
The court-issued warrant expires Thursday.
BY YOON SO-YEON [[email protected]]
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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