FILE PHOTO: South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol attends the fourth hearing of his impeachment trial over his short-lived imposition of martial law at the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea, 23 January 2025. JEON HEON-KYUN/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
SEOUL (Reuters) -A South Korean court on Friday rejected a request from the prosecutors' office to extend the detention of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over a criminal investigation into his short-lived martial law declaration on Dec. 3, Yonhap reported.
The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) leading the investigation on Thursday transferred the case to the prosecutors' office and requested they indict Yoon for insurrection and abuse of power.
