Underwear-clad Yoon Suk-yeol refuses to leave South Korea prison cell for questioning
Prosecutors said they gave up after two hours because the impeached former president refused to stand or dress
A team of special prosecutors attempted to execute the court-issued warrant but were forced to abandon the effort after Yoon refused to cooperate, Assistant Special Prosecutor Oh Jeong-hee told reporters.
“The special prosecutors urged him to voluntarily comply with the arrest warrant, taking into account his status as a former president,” Oh said. “But the suspect persistently refused, remaining on the floor and declining to put on his prison uniform.”
The team repeated its request four times over 20- to 30-minute intervals before halting the operation after two hours, fearing that using physical force might result in unintended harm, she explained.
“During the process, the suspect was informed that the next attempt to execute the warrant would proceed even with the use of physical force,” Oh added.