Arrest deadline for impeached South Korea’s President Yoon enters final day but he aims to avoid arrest by warrant deadline


A protestor with an effigy of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Dec 7, 2024, part of a rally calling for the impeachment of the leader. - PHOTO: REUTERS

SEOUL (AFP): Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol appeared set to evade arrest ahead of a Monday night deadline after anti-graft investigators asked for more time to enforce a warrant.

The former star prosecutor has defiantly refused questioning three times over a bungled martial law decree last month and remained holed up in his residence surrounded by hundreds of guards preventing his arrest.

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