Yoon Suk-yeol

SEOUL — A special counsel team on Sunday filed for a court warrant to arrest former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo (picture) over his alleged involvement in former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s botched attempt to impose martial law.

Special Counsel Cho Eun-suk’s team filed the request for the writ on a total of six criminal allegations, including charges of aiding Yoon’s efforts to impose the martial law decree on Dec 3 last year, according to Yonhap news agency.

Han is accused of having not stopped Yoon’s martial law declaration as the second-in-command to the former president. Cho’s team suspects Han aided Yoon’s attempt as a key accomplice.

Han is suspected of being involved in Yoon’s move to draft and destroy a revised version of the decree after martial law was lifted. He is also accused of lying under oath when he testified at the National Assembly in February.

It marked the first time in South Korea’s constitutional history that an arrest warrant has been sought against a former prime minister.

A court hearing to review the warrant is expected to take place Tuesday or Wednesday. — BERNAMA-YONHAP