SEOUL - South Korean special prosecutors on July 6 filed a request to detain former president Yoon Suk Yeol on charges related to insurrection from when he declared martial law in 2024, the prosecutor's office said in a statement.

“Detention request is related to allegations of abuse of power and obstruction of justice,” the statement from the special counsel of prosecutors investigating the Dec 3 incident said.

Yoon’s martial law decree

was lifted about six hours after it was announced when lawmakers, who had been forced to scale the walls of the assembly building to make it through a ring of security forces, voted the decree down.

Yoon was summoned on July 5 for hours of questioning by the special counsel as part of the probe over the insurrection charges, according to the counsel officials.

Yoon's lawyer was not immediately available for comment on July 6. REUTERS