Anti-corruption officials plan to execute arrest warrant against Yoon Suk Yeol over his attempt to impose martial law in December
Investigators arrive at home of South Korean president to arrest him
Insurrection is one of the few criminal charges from which a South Korean president does not have immunity.
Yoon’s lawyers have said the arrest warrant was illegal and invalid because the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) did not have the authority under South Korean law to request a warrant.
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