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- South China Morning Post
South Korea's ex-president Yoon answers summons after being threatened with arrest
South Korea 's former president Yoon Suk-yeol answered a summons on Saturday by a special prosecutor under the threat of another arrest as an investigation intensified over the ousted leader's failed bid to impose martial law in December.
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Yoon , through his lawyers, has protested Special Prosecutor Cho Eun-suk's demands to appear for questioning under media attention as a violation of his rights and a tactic to publicly humiliate him.
His lawyers said in a statement that Yoon would respond to the investigation on Saturday and tell the truth. They described the investigation as 'politically motivated' and 'full of falsehood and distortion'.
Yoon did not answer questions from reporters as he entered the special prosecutor's office.
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martial law attempt in December shocked a country that had prided itself on becoming a thriving democracy, having overcome military dictatorship in the 1980s.
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