South Korean prosecutors say Yoon defied summon order in martial law probe

South Korean prosecutors said that impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol did not comply with a summons for Sunday and that they will soon issue another order, Yonhap news agency has reported.

The special prosecution team handling an investigation into Yoon's botched martial law imposition said it had sent a summons to Yoon on December 11 to call him into the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office for questioning at 10 a.m. on Sunday. Yoon did not show up.

The summons was sent to Yoon's office and the prosecution had confirmed its delivery, Yonhap said, citing a prosecution official.

The prosecution said it plans to send a second summons to Yoon on Monday, the Yonhap report added.

Yoon was impeached in a National Assembly vote on Saturday over his short-lived imposition of a highly controversial emergency martial law earlier this month and was suspended from his presidential duties.

The impeached president was accused of abusing his power to declare martial law for unconstitutional and unlawful purposes and to order military commanders to dispatch troops to the parliament and arrest key political figures, the Yonhap report said.

Prosecutors sought arrest warrants on Sunday of senior military officials, including the head of the Army Special Warfare Command and chief of the capital defense command, Yonhap reported.

Prosecutors and police have also been questioning military commanders in connection with the martial law decree.

(With input from agencies)