Seoul, March 7 || A South Korean court ordered impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol to be released from custody on Friday after accepting his request to cancel his arrest over his short-lived imposition of martial law.
Yoon has been held at a detention centre in Uiwang, just south of Seoul, since investigators detained him and brought him there on January 15 on charges of inciting an insurrection through his December 3 declaration of martial law.
With his release, Yoon will be able to stand trial without physical detention.
The Seoul Central District Court announced its decision about a month after Yoon's legal team filed the cancellation request claiming the prosecution's indictment of him on January 26 was illegal as it came a day after his detention period had expired.
Detained suspects can be held longer if indicted within their detention period.
Prosecutors countered that the indictment took place within the set period, as the criminal procedure code dictates it should be counted in days, not in minutes and hours, as claimed by Yoon's legal team.