SEOUL (Reuters) – Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea’s impeached president, plans to attend a court hearing on Saturday to fight a request by investigators to extend his detention on sedition charges, he said. his lawyer.
Yoon on Wednesday became the country’s first sitting president to be arrested, in a criminal investigation linked to his brief declaration of martial law on December 3.
Investigators requested a detention warrant on Friday to extend their custody of Yoon for up to 20 days. He refused to speak to investigators and has been held at the Seoul Detention Center since his arrest.
Police were seen breaking up a crowd of Yoon supporters blocking the door of Seoul’s Western District Court, where the hearing is scheduled to begin at 2 a.m. (0500 GMT). A decision is expected on Saturday or Sunday.
“He decided to participate … to restore his honor by directly explaining the legitimacy of emergency martial law and that the uprising is not established,” Yoon’s lawyer, Yoon Kab-keun, said in a statement
The insurrection, the crime charged against Yoon by the Office of Corruption Investigation for High Officials, is one of the few for which a sitting South Korean president has no immunity.
Detention warrant hearings usually last about two hours in South Korea, but can last eight to 10 hours if arguments get heated.
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2025-01-18 05:55:00
