Impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol asked a court Tuesday to cancel his arrest over his brief imposition of martial law, APA reports citing Yonhap.
Yoon's legal defense team submitted the request to the Seoul Central District Court as it prepares to hold the first preparatory hearing of his criminal trial on Feb. 20.
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 the Seoul Detention Center in Uiwang, south of the capital, since investigators detained him at his official residence on Jan. 15.
Under the Criminal Procedure Act, a court must cancel the arrest of an accused at its discretion or at the request of a prosecutor or the accused when the grounds for arrest have expired.
The court has seven days to respond to the request.
