Yoon Suk Yeol, who has been impeached and suspended from power since Dec. 3, was given an arrest warrant by a South Korean court on Tuesday ( Dec. 31 ), according to the investigation’s authorities.
The Seoul Western District Court’s approval of the permit was confirmed by the Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officers.
According to local media, this is the first arrest warrant for a former South Korean president actually issued.
Over this week’s brief but brief enactment of military law, South Korean researchers sought an arrest warrant for Yoon on Monday.
Yoon is facing a fugitive investigation into alleged rebellion costs.
The jury declined to comment.