re ortin . reinstate him. jean mackenzie reporting live _ reinstate him. jean mackenzie reporting livee reporting live from seoul. - i spoke to moon chung—in, who was special adviser to president moonjae—in, and asked him who's now in charge of south korea. prime minister han duck—soo, has become the acting president and he will take care of the entire transition process. he's quite a competent leader and i think he will be able to handle the transition quite smoothly. we saw celebrations in south korea over that impeachment vote but president yoon has refused the police summons. what is your reading on what he is thinking at the moment? now, he is trying to argue that his declaration of martial law is out of his presidential right to govern, but i think it was an outright violation of constitution and other related laws. therefore, he will be arguing in the constitutional court that he did the right thing, and also, he is rejecting the idea he committed a treason. but the evidence is overwhelming. it would be extremely difficult for him to defend himself in the constitutional court an

, thank you for _ uncertainty. jean mackenzie, thank you for talking - uncertainty. jean mackenzie, thanklexities of south korea. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. australia's prime minister anthony albanese has sent his condolences to the two people who were killed while taking part in the annual sydney to hobart yacht race. police say both crew members died in separate incidents on different boats after being hit by a boom — the large pole attached horizontally to the bottom of a sail. the race, which began in sydney on thursday has continued with the first boats expected to arrive in the city of hobart — in tasmania — later on friday or early on saturday. several have already retired due to bad weather. david jacobs from the cruising yacht club of australia said it's a very sad day for the sport. the sailing community is a very close community and there is about a thousand sailors on the water in this race and to lose two in this fashion is just devastating. as i'm sure you all know, there were two separate boats and in both cases, we believe that the member of crew

our seoul correspondent jean mackenzie is at the crash site and sent this report.s the terrifying moment the plane lands at speed without its landing gear down and careers down the runway, unable to stop before crashing into the perimeter wall. it explodes instantly engulfed by flames and thick smoke. none of the passengers stood a chance of surviving. the fire service told their families as their bodies were slowly recovered. only the two air stewards at the back made it off alive and to hospital. we're at the perimeter of the airport now, and this fence behind us and wall is what the plane crashed into when it overshot the runway. and just behind me you can see the blackened, charred tail of the plane sticking up. now, this is the only part of the aircraft that is still intact. the rest has been so fractured and splintered that the fire service have said that it's unidentifiable. inside the airport terminal the families gathered to hear the terrible news. this is now a room full of incomprehensible heartbreak as they wait for the bodies to be identified. for this

jean mackenzie, bbc news, muan airport.ght safety foundation. no confirmation into the cause of the crash — questions being asked as to whether a bird strike could be to blame. when you look at the footage, is a credible potential cause to your mind? first of all, our hearts go out to the families and loved ones of those lost in this terrible accident. we are now looking at some of the reports coming out and videos, it's pretty clear that aircraft was in big trouble as it was it approaching the airport. reportedly, struck by birds. this is something investigators will be looking at. was it struck by birds as it was reported by the pilot in this case? wasn't one or two engines? were there any parts of the aircraft that were dammit? —— damaged. this is involved in this number of factors that will be part of this investigation to determine exactly what happened. you investigation to determine exactly what happened-— investigation to determine exactly what happened. you say that it does a- ear what happened. you say that it doe

we have heard in a jean mackenzie's i heard in a jean mackenzie's report some discussion about this concretee end of the runway, which the aircraft collided with. it is called a localiser and it is opposed to sister with landings. what are your thoughts on that? it landings. what are your thoughts on that? landings. what are your thou~hts on that? , ., ., thoughts on that? it should not have been _ thoughts on that? it should not have been constructed - thoughts on that? it should not have been constructed as - thoughts on that? it should not have been constructed as it - thoughts on that? it should not| have been constructed as it was on top of a concrete structure of some kind. most airports all have a clear zone where the first feet after the runway is clear of any obstacle to prevent a n clear of any obstacle to prevent an accident in the event of a runway excursion such as this.— event of a runway excursion such as this. saying some of the country's _ such as this. saying some of the country's other- such as this. saying some of the country's other airports. the country's other airports

jean mackenzie, bbc news, muan airport. an arrest warrant for suspended president yoon suk yeol after he failed to report for questioning. mr yoon is facing charges of insurrection for his decision to impose martial law earlier this month. he's been summoned three times by investigators for questioning, but failed to appear each time. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. edinburgh's famous new year's eve celebrations, hogmanay, have been cancelled due to bad weather as strong winds, rain and snow are forecast in the scottish capital. the festivities were due to feature a huge street party, a concert and fireworks at midnight over edinburgh castle. authorities say they understand the disappointment from those who travelled from around the world. an 18—year—old british man has begun a year—long jail sentence in dubai after he was convicted of having sex with a 17—year—old british girl who he met on holiday. both from london, marcus fakana and the girl, who is now

and jean mackenzie has more from muan international airport.able to make out, perhaps just in the distance behind us there. that's the damaged tail of the plane. and we've just heard in the last couple of minutes that both the black box recorders have now been recovered, and all the bodies have now been recovered. so that is 179 people in total. that is everybody who was on this flight, apart from the two flight crew who were rescued. and just because the bodies have been retrieved, though, that doesn't mean that they will be identified. this process is taking a lot longer, and that is very painful for the families who are all waiting up in the terminal building at the moment. they know their loved ones were on that plane, but they need that confirmation. we've spent the past couple of hours up there, and every so often somebody will get up and read out a few more names and there will be this eruption of pain and heartache. this is the deadliest plane crash that has ever happened here in south korea. and this evening the president has come out

jean mackenzie, bbc news, muan airport. and the painstaking work continues.ctures coming for us. an image that has become very familiar. the tale of the only remaining part of that flight. emergency workers also working, and it is quite across a large area. painstaking work collecting evidence and any remaining dna. following that tragic crash. following that tragic crash. ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky, has announced one of the largest prisoner exchanges since full scale war began with russia nearly 3 years ago. 189 ukrainian troops are being returned home from captivity and 150 russian soldiers are being returned as part of the deal, which was brokered by the united arab emirates. here's our correspondent in ukraine, will vernon. well, we've just witnessed incredibly moving scenes here as the buses with those 189 released ukrainians pulled up outside this hospital here. they'd onlyjust been taken out of russian territory, and the emotion of these men who came out of the buses draped in ukrainian flags and also the family members that were waiting h

jean mackenzie, bbc news, seoul.islation ordering it to separate from its chinese owner bytedance. the law mandates the parent company sells or bans tiktok, over alleged links to the chinese state. bytedance and tiktok deny those ties. the ban is due to take effect the day before donald trump's inauguration next month. but the platform says it will take its fight to the us supreme court, arguing that the law violates free speech. do go to our website and we have plenty on the subject of notre—dame. we have been bringing you the reopening of the cathedral after five years of renovations that have cost rather a lot of money. there have been donations from all over the world and the pictures are really very splendid indeed of the interior. very splendid celebration. hello. storm darragh brought wind gusts of more than 90mph in parts of wales. we don't see that very often here in the uk, we've seen power cuts, widespread travel disruption, a fair bit of damage as well. this met office amber warning through the evening co

that was jean mackenzie reporting.f national mourning have now begun in south korea. speaking earlier, acting president choi sang—mok said... leaders from around the world have also been expressing their condolences. the chinese president xi jinping said, "on behalf of the chinese government and people, i express my deep condolences to the victims." uk prime minister sir keir starmer sent his "deepest condolences" to the victims and families and paid tribute to the work of the emergency responders. yuna ku from the bbc�*s korea service says muan international airport remains busy as officials work to identify bodies. right now, i'm standing inside muan international airport. the day of devastating plane crash is almost setting. however, you can see so many people, especially hundreds of families of the bereaved and government officials to aid them, is still inside the airport. as you can see from my back, there are emergency shelters set up inside the airport to support those families who are staying up all night insid

jean mackenzie, bbc news, muan airport.r was due to give a press conference earlier today, but that has been delayed to 5pm local time, which is in four hours�* time. i've been speaking with our asia correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes, who is at muan airport, to get a better sense of what's going on. we were expecting to hearfrom jeju air, the company that owned the aircraft that crashed on sunday at the airport here. they now have told us they are postponing that press conference till late this afternoon, we're not sure why. presumably they are going to want to communicate to the outside world, but mainly to the families of the deceased. but there have been some other developments here, steve. firstly, some of the bodies of those killed in sunday's crash have now been handed over to families, we understand the first four bodies were handed over this morning and there will be funerals beginning of the 179 people. but the very, very difficult job of identifying the remains of the others is still continuing. we understand t

jean mackenzie, bbc news, muan airport.eral is to be held for former us presidentjimmy carter on the 9th of january. he died yesterday at the age of 100. he served one term as president from 1977—1981 and was later awarded the nobel peace prize. this is the scene in washington, dc, where flags are flying at half—mast. a makeshift memorial has been set up at the carter presidential center in his home state of georgia. throughout the day, world leaders have been paying tributes to him. amongst them, king charles, who said he felt "great sadness" at president carter's passing and described him as a "committed public servant". tom bateman reports. tributes forjimmy carter from the heart of american democracy to the traders on wall street who paused in his honour this morning. and at the white house, joe biden ordered the flag at half—staff for 30 days to remember america's longest—living president. whatjimmy carter's an example of is just simple decency. simple decency. and i think that's what the rest of the world looks to ame

jean mackenzie, bbc news, muan airport.be held forformer us presdient, jimmy carter, on the ninth ofjanuary. he died yesterday at the age of 100. he served one term as president from 1977 to 1981, and was later awarded the nobel peace prize. a makeshift memorial has been set up at the carter presidential centre in his home state of georgia. and this is the scene in washington dc — where flags are flying at half mast. throughout the day, tributes have been paid by world leaders — among them king charles who said he felt �*great sadness' at president carter's passing and described him as a "committed public servant". james fallow isjimmy carter's former chief speech writer. welcome to the programme. what are your memories ofjimmy carter? , ., , ., ., carter? so, my memories are of a erson carter? so, my memories are of a person who — carter? so, my memories are of a person who has _ carter? so, my memories are of a person who has been - a person who has been remarkably consistent, excuse me, through his very long life, he was

jean mackenzie, bbc news, muan airport. president volodymyr zelensky has announced one of the largest prisoner exchanges since full scale war began with russia nearly three years ago. 189 ukrainian troops are being returned home from captivity, and 150 russian soldiers are being returned in the deal, which was brokered by the united arab emirates. from northern ukraine, our correspondent will vernon told us more about this prisoner exchange. well, we've just witnessed incredibly moving scenes here as the buses with those 189 released ukrainians pulled up outside this hospital here. they'd onlyjust been taken out of russian territory, and the emotion of these men who came out of the buses draped in ukrainian flags and also the family members that were waiting here to greet them really was overwhelming. there were lots of tears, shouts ofjoy, hugs and kisses. many of the men made phone calls to their families back home to say they were 0k, they were out. many of them, of course, have been in captivity for a very long time, mo

jean mackenzie, bbc news, muan airport. be held for former us presidentjimmy carter on the 9th of january. he died yesterday at the age of 100. he served one term as president from 1977—1981 and was later awarded the nobel peace prize. this is the scene in washington, dc, where flags are flying at half—mast. apologies, we will bring you those images later. while a makeshift memorial has been set up at the carter presidential center in his home state of georgia. world leaders have been paying tributes to him. among them, king charles, who said he felt "great sadness" at president carter's passing and described him as a "committed public servant". i'm joined now by professor laura ellyn smith, who's a presidential historian and an assistant teaching professor at arizona state university. hello, professor. welcome to the programme. just thinking now about what is going to happen next and some of the protocols we can expect over the next few days up until the state funeral, what will be in planning and scheduled in terms of pre

jean mackenzie, bbc news, muan airport.parate issue, anotherjeju air flight from seoul was forced to return to the airport after encountering a landing gear problem. the boeing 737—800 involved in the latest incident was the same model as thejeju air plane that crashed on sunday. the airline said an issue with the landing gear was found shortly after take—off, forcing the plane to return to seoul. the issue was rectified before landing and the plane landed safely. 21 passengers refused to get on an alternative flight. jeju airlines was due to give a press conference in the last hour, but that has been delayed. i've been speaking about that with our asia correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes, who is at muan airport. we were expecting to hearfrom jeju air, the company that owned aircraft that crashed on sunday at the airport here. they now have told us they are postponing that press conference till late this afternoon, we're not sure why. presumably they are going to want to communicate to the outside world, but mainly to the

thanks to jean mackenzie thanks tojean mackenzie there in seoul.bar — a distance of more than 8,000 miles. 0ur environment correspondent helen briggs has the story. the wandering whale was first seen in the pacific ocean off colombia, popping up several years later in the indian ocean near zanzibar, an astonishing journey that has left scientists baffled. what normally happens is humpbacks learn their migration route from their mother by following her in the early years of their life, and then stick to that migration route for their whole life. and so we don't know whether this is an animal that's somehow or has simply made a mistake orfailed to learn the migration route adequately to be able to do it itself. humpback whales are known for their long migrations, feeding near the poles and breeding in warmer waters, but this male's journey was even more spectacular — involving two distant breeding grounds. one theory is that climate change is altering the abundance of the tiny shrimp—like krill humpback whales feed on, forcing him to go further in se

jean mackenzie, bbc news, seoul.y. the children's society said that accepting a donation from the archbishop, who is its honorary president, would not have been consistent with its work supporting victims of child sex abuse. mr welby will officially quit his role injanuary over failures in handling an abuse scandal involving a man linked to the church. doctors�* leaders have welcomed government proposals to give gp surgeries an extra £900 million to help reduce red tape and improve patient care. gps would be paid incentives to ensure patients see the same family doctor at each appointment, while some performance targets would be scrapped. the government's hoping to head off industrial action by some gps over their pay and working conditions. let's find out what's coming up on the last newsnight of the year on bbc two shortly. here's faisal... coming up, we look back at the political year in 2024 with our star panel and assess what the world will look like by the end of 2025, that is in newsnight at 10:40pm on bbc two

jean mackenzie, bbc news, muan airport.separate issue, anotherjeju air flight from seoul was forced to return to the airport after encountering a landing gear problem. the boeing 737—800 involved in the latest incident was the same model as thejeju air plane that crashed on sunday. the airline said an issue with the landing gear was found shortly after take—off, forcing the plane to return to seoul. the issue was rectified before landing and the plane landed safely. 21 passengers refused to get on an alternative flight. staying in south korea. a court there has just approved an arrest warrant for suspended president yoon suk yeol after he failed to report for questioning. mr yoon is facing charges of insurrection for his decision to impose martial law earlier this month. he's been summoned three times by investigators for questioning, but failed to appear each time. it is the first time in the country's history an arrest warrant has been issued for a sitting president. the office may also wait for yoon to appear voluntarily

our seoul correspondent jean mackenzie is at the scene and sent this report.ts happen every few minutes a day. a day on from the crash, they're still at the airport, waiting to be reunited with their loved ones�* bodies. "why have only five bodies been released?" this woman yells. "you're useless!" a police official spares her no details. "they're too badly damaged," he says. "forensic teams are still piecing them together." it's disturbing to hear. and for shinji ho, it's even worse. his two teenage grandsons haven't even been identified. translation: their father took them to make happy memories. i've been sitting here all day hoping for news. i'm so frustrated. the plane was carrying koreans back from their christmas holidays in thailand when it landed at speed without its wheels down. as it crashed, every passenger was killed. investigators are now trying to work out why the landing gear seemed to fail, but the black box is damaged. it'll take time to decipher. so, today, the attention has turned to what happened on the runway. when the plane made its emer

our correspondent jean mackenzie has the latest from seoul.it was a defiant one. the president was [000:16:34;00] [000:16:34;00]

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jim mckenzie, —— jean mackenzie, our south korea correspondent to talk to us more about what has takenmpeachment vote that is coming but they have been some developments that might lead —— might not lead to the removal of the president. yeah that's because the leading party has come out and said they will oppose this impeachment vote, they will try not to remove their president from office, and for this vote to go ahead the opposition party need to get eight people in the ruling party to vote with them. that means they would have a majority to allow it to happen but i've been speaking to some of the opposition mps over the past 24 hours, and honestly they now don't seem this hopeful that this is going to pass and they think the ruling party will stay in a block and vote and stay in a block and vote and stay loyal. but they only need eight mps to vote with them and cross the floor, but the reason these mps do cross the floor, but the reason these mp— these mps do not want to impeach _ these mps do not want to impeach their _ these mps do not want to impeach their own - these mps do not

people came out calling for president yoon to resign or be impeached. 0ur seoul correspondent jean mackenzie it looks like we're going to have another vote to impeach the president this coming weekend. now, the vote that happened on saturday, it actually couldn't go ahead in the end because the members, the parliament members of the ruling party, decided to boycott that vote. now, they did so, we think, because it was an anonymous vote and they were worried that some of the members might cross the floor, they might defect and they might vote in favour of this impeachment. now, the opposition party only needs eight votes from the ruling side in order to be able to impeach the president. but i know that some of the ruling party mps, they were frustrated that they were actually blocked from voting and they want to be able this time ahead to vote either for or against, they want to be given a free vote. and we've already had today three mps come out and say that whatever the party decides they have to do, they are going to at least take part in this vote. now, it doesn't mean they're going to vo

let's cross live now to seoul where we can speak to our correspondent jean mackenzie.the parliament hall, this vote has not been able to go ahead. it has been a dramatic day in the parliament. people are chanting and shouting behind us. it has been a davis and many twists and turns. to explain to you how we got to this position, —— it has been a day with. the ruling party of presidentjune, they started to walk out one by one out of the voting chamber saying that he would not take part in this vote and boycott it instead. and the reason this is important is because the opposition did not have enough votes on their own to impeach the president. they needed eight members of the ruling party to vote with them so when they started walking out and boycotting the chamber there was lots of anger, who flooded to the doors of the chamber, they were shouting, traitors, go back in and vote. surprisingly over the course of this evening, some members of parliament have gone back into cast their vote, but the speaker has called it tonight and decided there are not enough members to b

our seoul correspondent jean mackenzie has the latest on the raids.w with our camera to the presidential compound which isjust down this the presidential compound which is just down this road behind us. 18 police officers have raided this compound and they are searching for the minutes of the meeting that president yoon suk yeol had just before he declared martial law and choose a night at the meetings he had during this very short time period that martial law was enforced. we don't know whether the president is inside this compound because the way time we have seen him since last tuesday is during a very brief speech that he gave on television on saturday where he apologised. we also haven't heard anything from the presidential office themselves. their communication channels have gone dark stop the president is now being investigated from many angles, by police, prosecutors and by corruption officials and yesterday the opposition even managed to secure an independent investigation into what has happened. he is being accused of treason, which is one c

i'm joined now by our correspondent in seoul, jean mackenzie.oming on the programme. they have been if you development this morning, can you explain to us what this means as far as the political crisis in south korea goes? the olitical crisis in south korea goes? the political crisis _ crisis in south korea goes? tue: political crisis and crisis in south korea goes? tte: political crisis and the instability that we have had for the past two or three weeks since president yoon impose martial law, are very much continuing, the prime minister had been acting president west lindsey president yoon was in his a couple of weeks ago and really until the plan was that he would act as president until the constitutional court made the constitutional court made the decision on whether to reinstate him or permanently dismiss him in that case was due to get under way today and has about six months to decide. inaudible has erupted he over whatjudges should preside over. the constitutional court is supposed to have ninejudges but the moment there are three vaca

jean mackenzie, bbc news. >> the painstaking work continues at the airport. live pictures coming to us at the international airport, the southwest of the country. an image that has become very familiar, the tale, the only remaining part of that flight. as you can see, it is still upright. emergency workers, investigators also, still working at the scene. it is across quite a large area, painstaking work, collecting evidence and any remaining dna following that tragic crash in which 179 people died. ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy has announced one of the largest prison exchanges since full-scale war began with russia nearly three years ago. 189 ukrainian troops have been returned home from captivity, and 150 russian soldiers are returned as part of the deal, which was brokered by the united arab emirates. here is our correspondent in ukraine, will vernon. reporter: we have just witnessed moving scenes here as the buses with those 189 released ukrainians pulled up outside this hospital here. they had only just been taken out of russian territory. and t

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our seoul correspondent jean mackenzie is at the crash site and sent this report.e at the perimeter of the airport now and this will behind this is where the plane crashed without it overshot the runway. just booking up behind us you can see the black and charred tale of the plane. this is the only part of the aircraft that is still intact. the rest fractured and splintered that the fire service says it is unidentifiable. butjust a way to the right of me here in the fields we have investigators combing the grasses looking for any remnants of the plane and passengers. this is the deadliest plane crash that has ever taken place on south korean soil. it is assumed now that all the passengers have died. the only two people who have been rescued from the plane were two flight attendants who were sitting at the very back and were able to be taken off quickly and they have been taken to hospital put up the cause of the crash is still unknown. it is reported and thought that the plane's landing gear failed to come down. there are also reports that just before landing a bir

jean mackenzie reporting. the scene at muan international airport where the crash occurred, yuna ku from bbc�*s korea service sent in this update. right now i'm standing inside muan international airport. the day of devastating plane crash is almost setting. however, you can see so many people, especially hundreds of families of the bereaved and government officials to aid them is still inside the airport. as you can see from my back, there are emergency shelters set up inside the airport to support those families who are staying up all night inside the airport. they are staying inside the airport because they are still waiting for the government authorities to identify the casualties. only a few hours ago, the government announced that there are total 179 deaths among 181 passengers who were inside the plane. however, dozens of them still needs to be identified, and these families are waiting for the identification result. and one of the family of the bereaved just told us that they, the government authority,

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let's speak to jean mackenzie who's in seoul. we saw some union supporters there.protesters who are opposed to him. this is a huge meant moment ofjubilation for them. moment of jubilation for them. hundreds moment ofjubilation for them. hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people turned out today to sit outside the national assembly in freezing temperatures. but it is felt like a party all day. as is so often the case with protest in south korea. even though they were wrapped up, they were still singing and dancing and cheering. there was hope right from the beginning of the day that the president was going to be impeached, that this was going to go through. when this unit impose martial law on his country last tuesday night, it not only stand this country, but it scared people. people felt he had taken south korea back to a chapter in its history. when this impeachment vote was eventually announced, there was just euphoria. people were overcome with emotion. they were crying and saying to us that they have saved their democracy. that was how much they felt was at

our seoul correspondent jean mackenzie gave us an update on the impeachment issue. weekend. now, the vote that happened on saturday, it actually couldn't go ahead in the end because the members, the parliament members of the ruling party, decided to boycott that vote. now, they did so, we think, because it was an anonymous vote and they were worried that some of the members might cross the floor, they might defect and they might vote in favour of this impeachment. now, the opposition party only needs eight votes from the ruling side in order to be able to impeach the president. but i know that some of the ruling party mps, they were frustrated that they were actually blocked from voting and they want to be able this time ahead to vote either for or against, they want to be given a free vote. and we've already had today three mps come out and say that whatever the party decides they have to do, they are going to at least take part in this vote. now, it doesn't mean they're going to vote to impeach the president necessarily, but they are going to take part in the vote

our seoul correspondent jean mackenzie is at the crash site and sent this report.e at the perimeter of the airport now and this will behind this is where the plane crashed without it overshot the runway. just booking up behind us you can see the black and charred tale of the plane. this is the only part of the aircraft that is still intact. the rest fractured and splintered that the fire service says it is unidentifiable. butjust a way to the right of me here in the fields we have investigators combing the grasses looking for any remnants of the plane and passengers. this is the deadliest plane crash that has ever taken place on south korean soil. it is assumed now that all the passengers have died. the only two people who have been rescued from the plane were two flight attendants who were sitting at the very back and were able to be taken off quickly and they have been taken to hospital put up have been taken to hospital put up the cause of the crash is still unknown. it is reported and thought that the plane's landing gearfailed to come down. there are also repo

let's speak to our correspondent, jean mackenzie, in seoul. hello to you.st on what is happening? this about the latest on what is happening?— about the latest on what is happening? as you said the constitutional _ happening? as you said the constitutional court - happening? as you said the constitutional court is - constitutional court is reviewing this case, it has six months to decide, in the interim the prime minister has taken overfrom the interim the prime minister has taken over from the president, the president was immediately suspended from his duties on saturday but there is a lot of pressure on the court to decide more quickly than six months, two in some of the political uncertainty we have seen here and it is notjust this impeachment ruling, president yoon is also being investigated by police and prosecutors for insurrection, for treason. his opponents arguing he had no right under the constitution to impose martial law to suspend parliament, bring in the army as he did. they summoned him to appear over the weekend for questioning but he did no