By Kim Tong-Hyung | Related Press
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean regulation enforcement officers on Monday requested a court docket warrant to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol as they examine whether or not his short-lived martial regulation decree on Dec. 3 amounted to rise up.
The Corruption Investigation Workplace for Excessive-Rating Officers, which is main a joint investigation with police and navy authorities into the facility seize that lasted just a few hours, confirmed it requested the warrant from the Seoul Western District Courtroom. They plan to query Yoon on fees of abuse of authority and orchestrating a rise up.
Yoon has dodged a number of requests by the joint investigation crew and public prosecutors to seem for questioning and has additionally blocked searches of his places of work.
It’s not clear whether or not the court docket will grant the warrant or whether or not Yoon could be compelled to seem for questioning.
Underneath the nation’s legal guidelines, areas probably linked to navy secrets and techniques can’t be seized or searched with out the consent of the particular person in cost, and it’s unlikely that Yoon will voluntarily go away his residence if he faces detainment.
Yoon’s presidential powers have been suspended after the Nationwide Meeting voted to question him on Dec. 14 over his imposition of martial regulation that lasted solely hours however has triggered weeks of political turmoil, halted high-level diplomacy and rattled monetary markets. Yoon’s destiny now lies with the Constitutional Courtroom, which has begun deliberations on whether or not to uphold the impeachment and formally take away Yoon from workplace or reinstate him.
Yoon has defended the martial regulation decree as a mandatory act of governance, describing it as a warning towards the liberal opposition Democratic Celebration, which has been bogging down his agenda with its majority within the parliament.
Parliament voted final week to additionally impeach Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, who had assumed the position of appearing president after Yoon’s powers have been suspended, over his reluctance to fill three Constitutional Courtroom vacancies forward of the court docket’s assessment of Yoon’s case.
The nation’s new interim chief is Deputy Prime Minister Choi Sang-mok, who can be finance minister.
Initially Revealed: December 29, 2024 at 6:46 PM PST
