A parliamentary special committee looking into President Yoon Suk Yeol's martial law declaration tables a motion on Jan. 22 to issue an order to bring Yoon to appear as a witness at the hearing. (Yonhap)
A parliamentary special committee looking into President Yoon Suk Yeol's martial law declaration tables a motion on Jan. 22 to issue an order to bring Yoon to appear as a witness at the hearing. (Yonhap)

An opposition-led parliamentary committee issued orders on Wednesday to bring impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol and six others involved in Yoon's marital law declaration to appear at the National Assembly as witnesses.

The special committee investigating Yoon's insurrection charges issued the orders after Yoon, former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun and five other military officials did not appear despite having been adopted as witnesses for its first hearing. The orders required their appearance by 2 p.m.

Yoon, who faces charges of insurrection and abuse of power over his short-lived martial law declaration on Dec. 3, has been detained at the Seoul Detention Center in Uiwang, south of Seoul, since Sunday. (Yonhap)