(7 Mar 2025)
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Uiwang, South Korea – 7 March 2025
1. Various of supporters of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol waiting for him to be released from detention center
2. Supporters ++DUSK SHOT++
3. Supporters ++NIGHT SHOT++
STORYLINE:
Supporters of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol gathered outside the detention center where he was cleared to be released from on Friday.
The Seoul Central District Court said it accepted Yoon’s request to be released from jail because the legal period of his formal arrest expired before he was indicted for alleged rebellion in connection with the martial law decree in late January.
The court also cited the need to resolve questions over the legality of the investigations on Yoon. Yoon’s lawyers have accused the investigative agency that detained him before his formal arrest of lacking legal authority to probe rebellion charges.
Yoon’s defense team welcomed the court’s decision and urged prosecutors to release him immediately. The presidential office also welcomed the court’s decision, saying it hopes Yoon will swiftly return to work.
However, South Korean law allows prosecutors to hold a suspect temporarily while they pursue an appeal.
The main liberal opposition Democratic Party, which led Yoon’s Dec. 14 impeachment, called on prosecutors to immediately appeal the court’s ruling.
Yoon was arrested and indicted in January over his short-lived imposition of martial law late last year.
The hearings in his separate impeachment trial at the Constitutional Court concluded in late February, and that court is expected to rule soon on whether to formally remove him from office or reinstate him.
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