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South Korea’s impeached President Yoon attends court hearing on extending detention

Disha MishraBy Disha MishraJanuary 18, 2025Updated:January 18, 20252 Mins Read
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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was arrested and questioned for hours by investigators
A motorcade carrying South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol leaves for Seoul Detention Center at the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) following his arrest, in Gwacheon, South Korea, January 15, 2025. (REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji)
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(Reuters) – South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol attended a court hearing on Saturday to fight a request by investigators to extend his detention on accusations of insurrection, his lawyer said.

Yoon on Wednesday became the country’s first sitting president to be arrested, in a criminal probe related to his short-lived declaration of martial law on Dec. 3.

Investigators requested a detention warrant on Friday to extend their custody of Yoon for up to 20 days. He has been refusing to talk to investigators and has been held in Seoul Detention Centre since his arrest.

Police were seen breaking up a crowd of Yoon’s supporters blocking the gate of Seoul Western District Court, where the hearing began at around 2 p.m. (0500 GMT). A decision is expected on Saturday or Sunday.

TV channels showed a convoy of around a dozen cars and police motorbikes escorting Yoon from the detention centre to the court.

“He decided to attend … to restore his honour by directly explaining the legitimacy of emergency martial law and that insurrection is not established,” Yoon’s lawyer, Yoon Kab-keun, said in a statement.

Insurrection, the crime alleged against Yoon by the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials, is one of the few that an incumbent South Korean president does not have immunity from.

Detention warrant hearings usually last about two hours in South Korea but can last eight to 10 hours if arguments heat up.

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