A court docket in Seoul grants request for an arrest warrant, saying there was ‘concern’ that Yoon may ‘destroy proof’.
A court docket in South Korea has authorised the formal arrest of President Yoon Suk Yeol over his determination to declare martial regulation final month.
The Seoul Western District Court docket on Sunday granted regulation enforcement’s request for an arrest warrant for Yoon following an hourslong deliberation, saying there was “concern” that Yoon may “destroy proof”.
Final Wednesday, Yoon grew to become the primary sitting South Korean president to be arrested. South Korean investigators probing Yoon for alleged riot 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 may mark the start of an prolonged interval in custody for him, lasting months or extra.
He faces potential rise up costs linked to his declaration of martial regulation on December 3, which set off the nation’s most severe 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 navy, can now lengthen his detention to twenty days, throughout which they’ll switch the case to public prosecutors for indictment.
Yoon’s legal professionals may additionally file a petition to problem the court docket’s arrest warrant.
