A lawyer for impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol stated that he is prepared to stand trial if indicted or an arrest warrant is issued. This comes after a court extended a warrant to detain Yoon regarding his brief imposition of martial law. While Yoon's legal team will accept due process if the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) issues a warrant, they continue to challenge the validity of the current detention warrant and argue that the Seoul Western District Court lacks jurisdiction in the case.
President Yoon Suk Yeol speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the presidential office in Seoul on Sept. 24, 2024. - Photo: Yonhap file
The remarks by one of Yoon's legal representatives, Yun Gap-keun, came as the impeached president is facing a second attempt at being detained, after last week's first attempt failed due to an hourslong standoff between investigators and members of the presidential security service. However, Yun stressed that the legal defence team of Yoon still refuses to comply with an investigation based on what it labelled as an"invalid" warrant to detain the impeached president.
The CIO handling Yoon's martial law case attempted to execute the warrants to detain him and search the presidential residence last Friday, but it withdrew its officials from the site after a six-hour standoff with the Presidential Security Service blocking the entry.
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