South Korean investigators are seeking a court warrant to detain former President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived imposition of martial law.
Seoul, South Korea n investigators on Monday requested a court warrant to detain impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol as they investigate whether his short-lived martial law order on December 3 was an act of rebellion.The Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials, leading a joint investigation with police and military authorities into the power grab that lasted only a few hours, confirmed it requested the warrant from the Seoul Western District Court.
They plan to question Yoon on charges of abuse of authority and orchestrating a rebellion.Yoon has evaded several requests by the joint investigation team and public prosecutors to appear for questioning, and has also blocked searches of his offices.It was not clear whether the court will grant the warrant or whether Yoon can be compelled to appear for questioning.Under the country's laws, locations potentially linked to military secrets cannot be seized or searched without the consent of the person in charge, and it is unlikely that Yoon will voluntarily leave his residence if he faces detention.Yoon's presidential powers were suspended after the National Assembly voted to impeach him on December 14 over his imposition of martial law that lasted only hours but has triggered weeks of political turmoil, halted high-level diplomacy and rattled financial markets.The former president's fate now lies with the Constitutional Court, which has begun deliberations on whether to uphold the impeachment and formally remove Yoon from office or reinstate him.Yoon has defended the martial law decree as a necessary act of governance, describing it as a warning against the liberal opposition Democratic Party, which has been bogging down his agenda with its majority in the parliamen
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