Court to hold hearing next week on whether to end Yoon's detention
President Yoon Suk Yeol closes his eyes as he attends a hearing at the Constitutional Court in Seoul, Feb. 6. Joint Press Corp
A court hearing to determine whether to end the detention of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol will be held next week, sources said Monday.
The Seoul Central District Court has scheduled the hearing for Feb. 20 to review a request by Yoon to end his detention and release him.
The hearing will take place simultaneously with the first preparatory hearing for his criminal trial connected to his martial law declaration on Dec. 3. It remains unknown whether Yoon will attend in person.
Yoon was indicted Jan. 26 on charges of leading an insurrection through his short-lived imposition of martial law on Dec. 3. He has been held at Seoul Detention Center in Uiwang, Gyeonggi Province, since investigators detained him at his official residence on Jan. 15. (Yonhap)