Special Counsel Seeks Warrant To Detain South Korea's Ex-President Yoon
Former President Yoon Suk Yeol appears at the Seoul Central District Court in the capital on June 23, 2025, to attend the eighth hearing of his trial over insurrection charges in connection with his declaration of martial law. (Photo Credit Yonhap)
SEOUL, June 24 (Bernama-Yonhap) -- The South Korean independent counsel investigating former President Yoon Suk Yeol's short-lived imposition of martial law sought a warrant on Tuesday to detain him on charges of obstruction of official duties, Yonhap News Agency reported.
The special counsel, led by Cho Eun-suk, filed for the warrant against Yoon, pointing to Yoon's repeated refusals to comply with summonses from the police for questioning over his Dec 3 martial law declaration.
"The counsel, which took over the case on Monday, decided to file for an arrest warrant to investigate the suspect," the investigation team said in a notice.
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The action came shortly after the special counsel began operations last Wednesday, following the passage of a bill in early June mandating an independent probe into insurrection charges against Yoon.
Before transferring the case to the special counsel, the police summoned Yoon for questioning on June 5, 12 and 19, but he snubbed all three requests.
Yoon has been booked as a suspect on charges he ordered the Presidential Security Service to block the execution of a detention warrant against him by the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) in early January.
He is also suspected of deleting records from secure phones used by three military commanders shortly after his attempt to impose martial law failed.
Yoon's lawyer has cited what he described as the illegal execution of a detention warrant by the CIO as the reason why Yoon defied the summonses.
-- BERNAMA-YONHAP
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