South Korea investigators to file request to extend President Yoon's detention
South Korea’s anti-corruption agency said Friday that it would ask a Seoul court to extend the detention of arrested President Yoon Suk Yeol.
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s anti-corruption agency said Friday that it would ask a Seoul court to extend the detention of arrested President Yoon Suk Yeol as the impeached leader again refused to be questioned by investigators.
On Wednesday, Yoon became the first sitting South Korean president to be arrested, over an investigation into whether he committed insurrection when he briefly imposed martial law in early December. He is being held at the Seoul Detention Center.
In order to hold Yoon in custody for longer, investigators at the Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials (CIO) that is leading the inquiry need to request a court to approve a detention warrant for up to 20 days.
“I think you can consider it almost finished,” a CIO official told reporters, responding to a question on whether investigators were set to file a request to detain Yoon further.
The official told reporters that Yoon’s current arrest term was due to expire by Friday evening.
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