Former President Yoon Suk Yeol did not attend his second trial on martial law-related charges for the third consecutive session Tuesday.
The hearing at the Seoul Central District Court proceeded in his absence, after the bench said conditions had not changed since the previous session, which he also skipped after the detention center where he is being held determined it would be impossible to bring him in by force.
The second trial concerns charges the former president violated the rights of Cabinet members in the process of declaring martial law in December, revised the martial law proclamation afterwards and obstructed his detention by investigators in January.
Two former officials of the Presidential Security Service are scheduled to take the witness stand during Tuesday’s hearing.
Both people are suspected of involvement in blocking Yoon’s detention in January.
Since being placed under arrest for a second time in July, the former president has mostly ignored his trials and summonses by special counsels investigating various allegations surrounding him and his wife, Kim Keon Hee.
On Monday, he was absent for the 15th consecutive session from his trial on charges of leading an insurrection through the martial law attempt. (Yonhap)
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