South Korea punishes the leaders of an insurgency movement with life imprisonment or the death penalty (which has been under a moratorium in the Asian country for almost forty years).
A court in Seoul on Sunday rejected a petition to quash the arrest warrant against South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol over his failed declaration of martial law in December, which the president’s lawyers had requested.
The president’s legal team demanded a few days ago to annul the order, arguing that only the Public Prosecution Service, and not the Anti-Corruption Bureau, can request an arrest for an alleged crime of insurrection, the only one of which is a South Korean president has been accused. not immune.
Last Tuesday, the Anti-Corruption Bureau obtained an order from the same Western District Court in Seoul to temporarily arrest Yoon, who had ignored three subpoenas to testify, and interrogate him, but the Presidential Security Service (PSS) prevented investigators from entering the home on Friday in the South Korean capital after several hours of tense confrontation.
South Korea punishes leaders of the uprising movement with life imprisonment or death penalty (on which a moratorium has been in place in the Asian country for almost 40 years).
The warrant to arrest the president expires on Monday and if he is arrested before that period, investigators will have 48 hours to question Yoon and even seek an order to extend the detention if they believe it is necessary .
Yoon, who was that? forbidden to leave the countrywas dismissed by parliament on December 14 and is waiting for the Constitutional Court to decide between now and June whether he will be reinstated or permanently dismissed.
Source: EITB
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