A court docket in Seoul grants request for an arrest warrant, saying there was ‘concern’ that Yoon might ‘destroy proof’.
A court docket in South Korea has accepted the formal arrest of President Yoon Suk Yeol over his resolution to declare martial legislation final month.
The Seoul Western District Court docket on Sunday granted legislation enforcement’s request for an arrest warrant for Yoon following an hourslong deliberation, saying there was “concern” that Yoon might “destroy proof”.
Final Wednesday, Yoon turned the primary sitting South Korean president to be arrested. South Korean investigators probing Yoon for alleged rebel requested a Seoul court docket on Friday to increase his detention after he refused to be questioned.
Yoon and his legal professionals on Saturday appeared earlier than the court docket’s choose throughout a listening to and argued for his launch. His arrest might mark the start of an prolonged interval in custody for him, lasting months or extra.
He faces potential rebel prices linked to his declaration of martial legislation on December 3, which set off the nation’s most critical political disaster since its democratization within the late Nineteen Eighties.
The Corruption Investigation Workplace for Excessive-Rating Officers, which is main a joint investigation with police and the army, can now prolong his detention to twenty days, throughout which they may switch the case to public prosecutors for indictment.
Yoon’s legal professionals might additionally file a petition to problem the court docket’s arrest warrant.
