Former President Yoon Suk Yeol leaves the Seoul Central District Court building on June 16 in southern Seoul.JOINT PRESS CORPS
The court turned down prosecutors' request for an arrest warrant for former President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday evening.
Prosecutors with the special investigation team on Tuesday had requested a detention warrant due to Yoon's repeated refusal to attend police questioning, as well as other summons by the investigation team.
Yoon's team of attorneys handed in a formal letter to the court stating that the arrest warrant filed against the ex-president lacks procedural legitimacy.
The probe has summoned Yoon for questioning on June 28 at 9 a.m.
"We will review another arrest warrant, should he refuse to attend the summons," the counsel said Wednesday.
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