US EditionSouth Korea Special Prosecutor Seeks Arrest Warrant for Ex-President Yoon
- On June 23, former President Yoon Suk Yeol entered the Seoul Central District Court to face charges including obstruction of official duties.
- This event followed Yoon's refusal to comply with multiple summons from a special counsel investigating his December 3 martial law declaration.
- Yoon is standing trial on insurrection charges related to his attempt to subvert civilian rule, and his legal team contests the special counsel's legitimacy and procedures.
- The special counsel sought an arrest warrant on June 24 to question Yoon, noting that he has openly refused to attend any further summons.
- Yoon's case highlights ongoing legal and political tensions, with his trial proceeding and authorities seeking to uphold accountability amid contested procedures.
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Special counsel in South Korea seeks travel ban, arrest warrant for former president Yoon
SEOUL: The special counsel team investigating former President Yoon Suk Yeol's brief martial law declaration has requested an overseas travel ban on him, sources said Wednesday (June 25), a day after seeking a warrant to have the ousted leader arrested.
The special prosecutor's arrest warrant for Yoon Seok-yeol is illegal... The special prosecutor's office, which is investigating former President Yoon Seok-yeol's charges of sedition and foreign exchange, requested an arrest warrant for former President Yoon, and the former President's side submitted a related opinion to the court, claiming that it was an illegal act lacking in procedural legitimacy, it was revealed on the 25th.
South Korea’s Yoon defies second agency summons over martial law | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch
GWACHEON--South Korea’s suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol did not respond on Wednesday to a second summons by anti-corruption authorities who, along with prosecutors, are investigating his short-lived martial law decree issued early this month.
South Korea investigators seek to arrest former president Yoon
Seoul: South Korean prosecutors asked a court Tuesday for a new arrest warrant to detain ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol, after he refused a summons by investigators probing his failed martial law bid. Yoon was formally stripped of office in April, after being impeached and suspended by
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