Overview

• A Seoul court granted the Special Prosecutor’s Office request on July 9, returning Yoon to detention after four months of freedom.
• Yoon is accused of rebellion, abuse of power, forging official documents and obstructing official duties tied to his brief martial law order.
• Prosecutors cited a risk that Yoon could destroy evidence while investigations continue.
• Yoon’s defense lawyers denounced the warrant application as excessive and said the alleged evidence risk was unsubstantiated.
• The detention follows April’s Supreme Court confirmation of his impeachment and June’s passage of a special investigation law expanding the probe.