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South Korea Re-Arrests Ex-President Yoon Seok-yeol on Obstruction and Forgery Charges

The special prosecution office detained Yoon on a warrant citing evidence destruction risks during a probe of his December martial law decree.

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Overview

  • The Seoul Central District Court granted the July 10 warrant after prosecutors argued Yoon posed a high risk of tampering with evidence.
  • Special prosecutors arrested Yoon under the new warrant and transferred him to the Seoul detention center.
  • He is accused of ordering presidential security to block his January arrest and of creating and using false official documents.
  • Investigators remain focused on his December martial law declaration and may expand the probe to include external threat allegations not in the current warrant.
  • Yoon denies all charges and his lawyers have challenged the authority of the independent special prosecution office established in June.