Former President Yoon Suk-yeol has applied to the court for bail (conditional release). A week before the first full trial in the case additionally indicted by the special counsel team on insurrection, he asked the court to allow him to stand trial without detention.
According to the legal community on the 21st, Yoon's side filed for bail on the 19th with the Seoul Central District Court's Criminal Division 35 (Chief Judge Baek Dae-hyun), which is hearing the additionally indicted case. Bail releases a defendant under conditions such as a bond. The date for the bail hearing has not yet been set.
Yoon was indicted and detained on charges of being the ringleader of an insurrection, then was released in March when the court canceled his detention. In Jul., Yoon was again indicted and detained by the special counsel team on insurrection on charges including abuse of power and obstruction of the performance of special official duties. Yoon is accused of convening only some members to present the outward appearance of a Cabinet meeting before declaring emergency martial law and infringing on the constitutional powers of nine Cabinet members who could not attend—the powers to deliberate and decide on martial law.
The first full trial in the case for which Yoon was additionally indicted will be held on the 26th. The trial on Yoon's charge of being the ringleader of an insurrection is underway at the Seoul Central District Court's Criminal Division 25 (Chief Judge Ji Gui-yeon). Yoon failed to appear for this trial 10 times in a row through the 19th.