Impeached South Korean president Yook Suk Yeol has failed to overturn his arrest. The former leader has been detained but is refusing to answer questions over his botched martial law decree. He’s long argued that the warrant against him is illegal – but a court is Seoul has determined that’s not the case. Now his time in detention could be extended.
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00:00Facing the full weight of anti-corruption investigators, as well as the constitutional
00:07court, Yoon Soo-yul pushed to get his arrest overturned.
00:12His lawyers tell the central court here in Seoul that the wrong court issued the warrant
00:18and was therefore invalid.
00:20It was a desperate bid for freedom, and one that ultimately failed.
00:25These rusted-on supporters gathered outside the city courthouse in Seoul, eager to make
00:30their voices heard.
00:31There's a strong feeling here Yoon Soo-yul has done nothing wrong and is the victim of
00:36a political witch-hunt, one perpetrated by communist sympathisers.
00:43I'm not a legal expert, but the media is too left-wing, with a lot of fake news.
00:49Through this martial law, we all became aware of what was really happening.
00:55I trust the investigators zero percent.
00:59Of course, there are plenty of others who find Yoon's tactics as nothing more than acts
01:03of desperation.
01:08Yoon Soo-yul broke all the rules.
01:10He'll bring down our society if he remains as president.
01:16It's very shameful that he's the president but has been acting in this way.
01:20That's why he was impeached and arrested.
01:22Yoon Soo-yul's unsuccessful legal challenge will simply allow investigators to keep him
01:27detained for longer.
01:29But his refusal to take part in the process, his refusal to answer questions, is only strengthening
01:36support among his base.
01:39And his time in detention is turning him, for his supporters at least, into a political
01:44martyr.
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