Court grants extension of warrant to detain Yoon

Protestors name for the arrest of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol exterior his residence in Seoul, Monday. Korea Occasions photograph by Choi Received-suk

A courtroom on Tuesday granted an extension of a warrant to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived imposition of martial regulation.

The Seoul Western District Court docket granted the extension requested by investigators led by the Corruption Investigation Workplace for Excessive-ranking Officers (CIO) after the preliminary warrant expired Monday, in keeping with officers.

The CIO’s try and execute the warrant final Friday failed after presidential safety personnel blocked investigators from coming into the constructing of Yoon’s official residence in central Seoul.

Whereas investigators didn’t disclose the period of the prolonged warrant, it’s believed to have been prolonged past the customary seven days of a warrant, given anticipated challenges in detaining Yoon.

The CIO requested the preliminary warrant on Dec. 30, charging Yoon with masterminding riot and abuse of energy.

The subsequent day, the identical courtroom granted the warrant, marking the primary time in historical past {that a} detention warrant was issued for a sitting president.

With the extension, the CIO is predicted to strive once more to execute the warrant towards Yoon quickly. (Yonhap)