South Korean Prosecutor's office has filed a request to extend the arrest of the ex-president.

It is specified that such a step may help law enforcement agencies to speed up the investigation against the politician.

According to South Korean law, a suspect can be held in custody for no more than 10 days. In special cases, the period of detention may be extended by another 10 days.

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The court issued the first arrest warrant for Yoon Seok-young at the end of December 2024. On January 3 of this year, it became known that law enforcement officers href="https://iz.ru/1817620/2025-01-03/pravookhraniteli-pribyli-k-rezidentcii-prezidenta-iuzhnoi-korei-dlia-ego-aresta " target="_blank">arrived at the residence of the President of South Korea to arrest him. At the same time, it was reported that the presidential security service did not href="https://iz.ru/1817637/2025-01-03/sluzhba-okhrany-prezidenta-iuzhnoi-korei-otkazala-sledstviiu-v-obyske-ego-rezidentcii"> allowed the investigation to search his residence in Seoul. The warrant for the re-arrest of the President of the Republic was issued on January 7.

Yoon Seok-young was arrested on January 15, the detention was scheduled for 48 hours, during which the court had to decide on further detention. Consideration of the issue began on January 18 at 14:00 local time (08:00 Moscow time) and lasted five hours.

As a result, the Seoul Western District Court ruled on the South Korean leader's detention. The court decision allows the investigation to keep the head of state in custody for up to 20 days. This period includes the days that Yoon Seok-yeol spent in custody after being detained at the Seoul residence. Supporters of the president staged a pogrom in court after the decision to detain the country's leader was made.

The situation in South Korea escalated in early December 2024, when the country's president Yoon Seok-el href="https://iz.ru/1800939/2024-12-03/prezident-iuzhnoi-korei-obiavil-o-vvedenii-voennogo-polozheniia"> declared martial law. The reason for this step, he called the threat of paralysis of power, which arose due to attempts to conduct impeachment proceedings. The commander of the emergency regime, Chief of Staff of the Army Pak Ahn Su, noted that Until the lifting of martial law, the activities of the Parliament, political parties and associations are prohibited in the republic. On the streets of Seoul military equipment was withdrawn.