Seoul: Special Prosecutor Cho Eun-suk on Friday summoned Education Minister Lee Ju-ho and Park Jong-joon, former head of the Presidential Security Service (PSS), in connection with his probe into former President Yoon Suk Yeol's martial law declaration. Lee and Park were reportedly asked to appear at Cho's office within the Seoul High Prosecutors Office in southern Seoul on Friday afternoon.
According to Yonhap News Agency, Cho's office plans to question Lee about the circumstances before and after Yoon convened an emergency Cabinet meeting on the night of Dec. 3 last year prior to the martial law imposition. Lee did not attend the Cabinet meeting because he was not given prior notice.
The special counsel's office has been calling in all of Yoon's Cabinet ministers, including former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, since earlier this week for similar questioning.
The office plans to question Park as part of its investigation into allegations that Yoon ordered the PSS to block investigators from executing a warrant to detain him in early January.