Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea’s former President, filed a petition in a local court on Wednesday seeking a review of his arrest, according to the local news agency, Yonhap.
Yoon is now being held at the Seoul Detention Center in Uiwang after the court issued an arrest warrant against him last Thursday for attempting to impose martial law in December.
Yoon’s legal team filed a petition in Seoul Central District Court, claiming that his arrest was “illegal” and “unjust.”
He took similar measures in January following his first arrest, and the court granted his request in March, releasing him.
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Meanwhile, Special Counsel Cho Eun-suk’s team made a third attempt on Wednesday to question Yoon, following two failed efforts due to his non-cooperation.
Officials sent a request on Tuesday to the Seoul Detention Center in Uiwang — located just south of the capital — instructing that Yoon be brought to the interrogation room at the Seoul High Prosecutors’ Office for questioning.
Earlier, on Monday and Tuesday, Yoon, citing health issues, resisted efforts to bring him in for questioning.
