South Korean authorities have granted a request to extend a warrant to detain the country’s suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol for questioning over his surprise declaration of martial law last month.

The Seoul Western District Court last week had initially issued a warrant to detain Yoon and a separate warrant to search his residence after he defied authorities by refusing to appear for questioning over his Dec.

The court in Seoul has issued another arrest warrant for the President of South Korea, Yoon Suk Yeol, who is accused of staging a coup. Previous attempts to detain him were unsuccessful. The office investigating corruption among high-ranking officials (CIO) announced that a renewed arrest warrant for the suspect was issued earlier this afternoon