A new arrest warrant requested for the former president of South Korea. The list of accusations is lengthens
Yoon Suk-Yel Photo: Hwawon Ceci Lee / AFP / Profimedia
A specially charged council to investigate on the martial law imposed for a short time in December in South Korea again requested a new arrest warrant against former President Yoon Suk Yeol, AFP and Reuters, quoted by Agerpres.
However, the Special Council was interrogated on Yoon twice, including in a hearing that lasted over nine hours on Saturday.
“Today, the Special Council has submitted an application for an arrest warrant at the Seoul Central District Court against former President Yoon Suk Yeol, accused of abusing power and obstructing official functions,” said prosecutor Park Ji-Youn, a member of the Special Council.
An accusation of “falsification of official documents” was added about the declaration of the Martial Law by Yoon in December, she said. “The arrest warrant explains why a detention is considered necessary,” the prosecutor continued, adding that the details will be discussed in the court.
Former president is accused of rebel
On Saturday, Yoon was interrogated by a special council on the resistance he opposed during an arrest attempt in January, as well as on accusations that he would have authorized Drone to fly to Phenian to justify declaring the martial law.
Yoon's legal advisers have qualified the new request for arrest as “excessive and unjustified”.
On June 25, the court rejected a previous request to issue an arrest warrant submitted by the Special Council, stating that the suspect expressed his desire to conform to the summons of the Special Council “if it is requested”.
Yoon was the first South Korean head of state in office, which was the subject of an arrest, in January, before being released following the annulment by a court of his arrest warrant. Later, he was officially dismissed in April.
The former president, targeted by a trial for rebellion, went to court on several occasions to defend himself in front of the charges against him, after imposing the martial law on December 3, taking the army in Parliament.
However, he had refused to respond to several summons launched by a special council established in June to investigate on the circumstances of the martial law.
