President Yoon Suk Yeol did not respond to inquiries about rumors that he had become enraged over a Marine report on the death of Corporal Chae Su-geun.
 
It was revealed Wednesday, during the eighth hearing in the trial of Colonel Park Jung-hun, who led the probe into Chae’s death, that Yoon had not responded to written inquiries sent by Park’s legal counsel.  

Park is standing trial for insubordination and defamation of a superior.

In the inquiries, the counsel asked the president whether he had said it was wrong for Marine Corps First Division Commander Lim Seong-geun to be indicted on criminal charges, whether he had talked over the phone with former defense minister Lee Jong-sup on July 31, and if so, what they had talked about. 

In a statement issued under the name of the presidential chief of staff earlier on Tuesday, Yoon’s aides said the questions could not be addressed for national security reasons.