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South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol attends the fourth hearing of his impeachment trial at the Constitutional Court in Seoul, January 23, 2025. /CFP
South Korea's anti-corruption agency said on Thursday it has decided to refer the arrested President Yoon Suk-yeol's "insurrection case" to the prosecution, according to multiple media outlets.
The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) decided to transfer the case to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, demanding Yoon's indictment, as the CIO has no right to indict the president.
Yoon was apprehended in the presidential office on January 15, becoming the country's first sitting president to be arrested. On January 19, a Seoul court granted a warrant to extend his the detention or up to 20 days, including the arrest period.
The CIO and the prosecution agreed to jointly investigate Yoon's "insurrection" charge by questioning the impeached president for 10 respective days.
The prosecution was widely expected to indict Yoon for the "insurrection" and other charges around February 5.
Yoon rejected the CIO's repeated call to appear for questioning.
The impeachment motion against Yoon was passed in the National Assembly on December 14 last year and was delivered to the constitutional court to deliberate for up to 180 days, during which Yoon's presidential powers were suspended.
Yoon, who was named by investigative agencies as a suspected ringleader on "insurrection" charge, declared a martial law on the night of December 3, which was hours later swiftly revoked by the National Assembly.
(With input from Xinhua)