South Korea’s investigating authorities have requested an extension of a warrant to arrest the country’s impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol.
The corruption investigation office for high-ranking officials (CIO) made the application at Seoul western district court this Monday.
Recall that On Friday the CIO failed to serve an arrest warrant on Yoon after presidential security service guards formed a human chain to prevent access to him.
The arrest warrant, which is the first for a sitting president, is due to expire at midnight this Monday (1500 GMT).
Yoon is under criminal investigation for possible insurrection over his brief, six-hour martial law declaration, on 3 December 2024