South Korea’s anti-corruption agency is seeking to extend the arrest warrant for impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol and asking police to assist in their so-far unsuccessful efforts to arrest Yoon.
A court-approved warrant last week to arrest Yoon was set to expire on Monday afternoon.
The corruption investigation office for high-ranking officials wants to interrogate Yoon in response to the martial law decree issued in December. 3, which created a political crisis in the country and he was soon impeached.
Investigators tried to execute the warrant last week, but hundreds of security forces blocked access to Yoon’s residence.
The failure prompted the anti-corruption agency to execute a warrant and attempt to seek police help to arrest Yoon.
Yoon’s lawyers have rejected the authority of the anti-corruption agency and called the arrest warrant illegal.
Some information for this report was provided by the Associated Press, Agence France-Presse and Reuters
