Former President Yoon Suk Yeol ditched his big court hearing Thursday just hours after cops dragged him back to jail. The disgraced leader sent his lawyers to make excuses while he sat locked up at Seoul Detention Center. Special prosecutors got mad and demanded the judge force Yoon to show up for future hearings. His legal team claimed he felt sick and needed time to recover from getting arrested again. The court battle turned nasty when both sides fought over whether Yoon had valid reasons to skip out.
The fallen president faces at least 20 more court dates and could stay behind bars for 18 months. Guards stripped away his fancy security detail and presidential perks after he got hauled back to prison. Yoon will ride to court in regular police vans with only correctional officers watching him. The same detention center held him for 52 days earlier when he first got busted for the martial law mess. Special counsel investigators plan to hit him with treason charges for allegedly sending military drones toward North Korea.
Prosecutors also want to nail former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo as an accomplice in the scheme. They claim Yoon created a fake martial law document two days after his original declaration failed. Han and Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun reportedly signed the phony paperwork to make the whole thing look legal. The bogus document got trashed when officials realized it violated the constitution and could land them all in deeper trouble.
The fallen president faces at least 20 more court dates and could stay behind bars for 18 months. Guards stripped away his fancy security detail and presidential perks after he got hauled back to prison. Yoon will ride to court in regular police vans with only correctional officers watching him. The same detention center held him for 52 days earlier when he first got busted for the martial law mess. Special counsel investigators plan to hit him with treason charges for allegedly sending military drones toward North Korea.
Prosecutors also want to nail former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo as an accomplice in the scheme. They claim Yoon created a fake martial law document two days after his original declaration failed. Han and Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun reportedly signed the phony paperwork to make the whole thing look legal. The bogus document got trashed when officials realized it violated the constitution and could land them all in deeper trouble.
