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Yoon lawyer-arrest warrant
Yoon's lawyer calls arrest warrant 'illegal'
By Yi Wonju
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Yonhap) -- A lawyer for President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday protested against a detention warrant for the impeached president over his botched martial law imposition, calling the warrant "illegal."
Earlier in the day, the Seoul Western District Court approved a request from the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) to issue the warrant for Yoon on charges of masterminding the botched Dec. 3 martial law declaration, orchestrating the insurrection and abusing power, according to the CIO.
The court also approved a warrant to search Yoon's presidential residence in Seoul's Yongsan in connection with the investigation.
Yun Gap-geun, one of Yoon's legal representatives, said the arrest and search warrants issued upon request by the CIO are "illegal and invalid" because the CIO has "no investigative rights" on charges of insurrection.
The CIO filed for the detention warrant after Yoon ignored all three summonses to appear for questioning over the short-lived martial law invocation.
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