South Korea’s anti-graft agency will seek to extend an arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol, as pressure mounted on law enforcement to resolve the country’s escalating political crisis.
The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) said on Monday that it would hand over power to execute the warrant, which was due to expire at midnight, to the police. The move came after the agency failed on Friday to detain Yoon after an hours-long stand-off at his residence with his security service.
The president was suspended from his duties last month following a failed bid to impose martial law and his subsequent impeachment by parliament on December 14.