Seoul, July 10 -- Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been taken back into judicial custody just a short while after his release, pending an independent investigation into his declaration of martial law last year.
According to the independent counsel leading the probe, the Seoul Central District Court approved a warrant for Yoon's re-arrest early morning today, due to concerns over the possible destruction of evidence, reported CNN.
Yoon's shocking and completely unexpected declaration of martial law in the country back in December last year, plunged South Korea into a constitutional and political crisis, as the whole nation called it as an attack on the nation's democracy.
He reversed course within six hours, after l...