Yoon Suk Yeol Resists Arrest with Armed Security

(MENAFN) Former South Korean leader Yoon Suk Yeol has been accused of ordering his security personnel to visibly carry firearms in an effort to block investigators from detaining him earlier this year, a news agency reported on Monday.

According to a 66-page submission presented to the court on Sunday by a special prosecutor probing Yoon’s declaration of martial law on December 3, the former president gave the directive on January 11.

This was just four days prior to his apprehension by anti-corruption authorities and law enforcement officers.

The court document claims Yoon instructed his security detail to be armed because police investigators would be “afraid” of them.

This alleged move was part of an effort to discourage law enforcement from executing the arrest.

Yoon’s defense attorneys have refuted these claims, arguing that the warrant used to detain him was unlawful.

In April, Yoon was officially removed from the presidency after the Constitutional Court unanimously determined that his imposition of martial law was unconstitutional.

He had been detained in January on accusations of abusing his authority and orchestrating an insurrection, marking the first instance of a South Korean president being held in custody.

However, a district court later granted his release in March, allowing him to face trial without remaining behind bars.

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