S Korea court issues arrest warrant for Yoon |

SEOUL:

A South Korean court has issued an arrest warrant for suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol, investigators said on Tuesday, prompting hundreds of supporters to gather at the gates of his private residence.

Investigators probing Yoon over his December 3 declaration of martial law requested the warrant after he failed to report for questioning a third time. Crowds gathered outside his home Tuesday wielding placards and South Korean flags, chanting: “Martial law legal! Impeachment invalid!”

“The arrest warrant and search warrant… were issued this morning,” the Joint Investigation Headquarters managing the probe into Yoon said in a statement.

Yoon’s legal team described the arrest order as “illegal and invalid” and filed an injunction to nullify it.