Yoon Suk Yeol, a devastated South Korean president who is being tried for an uprising for his decision on a martial arts Law in December, was released from the detention center on Saturday, the day after the court ruled that his detention was invalid.
AND The Central Court in Seoul ruled On Friday, these prosecutors violated procedural rules by holding Mr. Yoon in custody longer than before allowed accusing him in January. The procedural violation made detention of Mr. Yoon invalid, the court said.
Prosecutors, who had a week to complain about the decision, instead asked them to let him go.
Mr. Yoon smiled widely and waved his supporters as he left the detention center south of Seoul, where he held him a fist in the winning gesture since January 15th and worshiped hundreds of supporters who gathered outside the prison, waving national flags and shouting, “Yoon Suk!”
His exemption does not affect the accusation of the rebellion confronted with in the Criminal Court in Seoul relating to his Declaration of the Work Law or the Separate Procedure in the Constitutional Court. This body is considering whether its parliamentary imperative was legitimate and should formally be removed from its duties. But that means he will be free while the trial stands.
After a short drive from the custody center, Mr. Yoon returned to his presidential residence on the hill in central Seoul. As a motorcycle worn by Mr. Yon, he approached his residence, thousands of fans lined up the street to cheer him up. Mr. Yoon briefly came out of his car to shake hands with supporters, who called their imperative and rebellion by charging him with a “fraud” designed by his political enemies.
Mr. Yoon sounded defiant as always, he called his legal struggle “by fighting the defense of freedom and the rule of law in South Korea” and “by decisive opposition to those who want to usurp power by illegal means.”
“I will persist in this fight to the end with people,” Mr. Yon said in a statement.
His edition was the latest turn in the political turnaround and uncertainty that was discharged when he declared a war law on December 3, calling a national assembly under the control of the opposition “Monster”, which “paralyzed” his government.
His abrupt imposition of a martial arts was triggered by national anger, making thousands of people hurry to block military troops to take over the assembly. It gave time for the legislators to vote his decree. His martial art ended in six hours.
Mr. Yoon’s party blocked the first attempt at the Assembly to impose it on a charges of hindering constitutional order. But this abolished him in his second attempt on December 14, suspending him from duty until the Constitutional Court brings his last word to his political fate.
Separately, prosecutors followed him with rebellion and other criminal charges. Their first attempt to detaine it, on January 3, was aborted when they built it into their residence, surrounded by bodyguards and refused to surrender. He only surrendered when the prosecutors visited again on January 15th with several police officers.
He is the first president in South Korean history, which was detained under a criminal complaint while still in power.
His MPs have since tried to let him go, challenging his arrest, arrest and criminal charges against him.
In the end, Mr. Yon was released from prison because of the procedural mistake made by the plaintiffs how long the order that detained him. According to the law, if prosecutors do not accuse the criminal suspect before such an order expires, the suspect must be released from custody.
Prosecutors, who believed that the order for Mr. Yoon was running out at 7:39 pm on January 26, he was charged with about an hour before that. But in his verdict on Friday, the Council with three courts at the Seoul District Court announced that the order expired on January 26 in the morning.
The court ruling did not address any criminal complaints that Mr. Yon faced. But it is expected that his release will encourage his supporters. His critics were also afraid that he would try to gather their support with his increasing polarizing language to share the country and build pressure on the judges who were discussing his case.
Prosecutors said on Saturday that they decided not to complain about the court’s decision because they would probably not win. But they vowed to win the main criminal trial against Mr. Yoon.
Mr. Yoon’s surprise could deepen and potentially extend the political crisis of South Korea, said Leif-Eric Easley, professor of international studies at Ewha Womans University in Seoul.
“The Constitutional Court is already under the political pressure of the protesters of the protesters and anti-alienation on the streets,” he said. “Yooon’s release from custody will be powered by his supporters and to further doubt the legal proceedings against him.”
