By The Straits Times | Created at 2025-01-09 06:02:21 | Updated at 2025-01-09 17:45:24
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SEOUL - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will accept the decision of the Constitutional Court that is trying Parliament's impeachment case against him, even if it decides to remove the suspended leader from office, his lawyer said on Jan 9.
"So if the decision is 'removal', it cannot but be accepted," Mr Yoon Kab-keun, the lawyer for Mr Yoon, told a news conference, when asked if Mr Yoon would accept whatever the outcome of trial was
Mr Yoon has earlier defied the court's requests to submit legal briefs before the court began its hearing on Dec 27, but his lawyers have said he was willing to appear in person to argue his case.
The suspended president has defied repeated summons in a separate criminal investigation into allegations he masterminded insurrection with his Dec 3 martial law bid.
Mr Yoon, the lawyer, said the president is currently at his official residence and appeared healthy, amid speculation over the suspended leader's whereabouts.
Presidential security guards resisted an initial effort to arrest Mr Yoon last week though he faces another attempt after a top investigator vowed to do whatever it takes to break a security blockade and take in the embattled leader.
Mr Seok Dong-hyeon, another lawyer advising Mr Yoon, said Mr Yoon viewed the attempts to arrest him as politically motivated and aimed at humiliating him by bringing him out in public wearing handcuffs. REUTERS
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