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South Korean President leaves Court After Arrest Warrant

19 January 2025
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2025-01-19 10:53

Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol attended court for the first time on Saturday to fight a request by investigators to extend his detention as they probe his failed martial law bid.

Yoon was detained in a dawn raid on Wednesday in a criminal probe on insurrection charges after he refused investigators' summons and went to ground in his residence, using his presidential security detail to resist arrest.

South Korea's first sitting president to be detained, Yoon also declined to cooperate during the initial 48 hours detectives were allowed to hold him. The court must decide whether to free Yoon, which analysts say is unlikely, or extend his detention for around another 20 days.

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