Former President Yoon Suk-yeol has applied for bail in the case in which the special counsel on insurrection indicted him in custody, and a hearing on the application will be held on the 26th. Earlier, Yoon was indicted in custody by prosecutors on a charge of being the ringleader of an insurrection but was released after the court canceled his detention. He was then detained again by the special counsel on charges including obstructing special official duties.
On the 19th, former President Yoon Suk-yeol applied for bail to the Seoul Central District Court's Criminal Division 35 (Presiding Judge Baek Dae-hyeon, Senior Judge). This panel is hearing the case in which the special counsel on insurrection indicted Yoon in custody on charges including obstructing special official duties, abuse of authority to interfere with the exercise of rights, and drafting false official documents.
The bail hearing for the former president is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on the 26th. The bail hearing will be held immediately after the first formal trial on charges including obstructing special official duties begins at 10:15 a.m. that day.
Earlier, the former president was detained in January on charges including being the ringleader of an insurrection, then released in March after the court canceled his detention. He was tried without detention thereafter. The ringleader-of-insurrection case was brought by prosecutors.
The former president was detained again on Jul. 10. When the special counsel on insurrection sought a detention warrant on charges including obstructing special official duties, the court issued it. Yoon then applied for a review of the legality of his detention, but the court rejected it. He has since been standing trial while held at the Seoul Detention Center.