SEOUL, Jan 5 (Bernama-Yonhap) -- A Seoul court on Sunday dismissed the injunction filed by President Yoon Suk Yeol that sought to invalidate the court warrants to detain him and search the presidential residence, , Yonhap News Agency reported court officials said.
The Seoul Western District Court made the decision days after Yoon's legal defence team lodged the objection to suspend the effect of the warrants that they called "illegal."
No details on the grounds for the court's dismissal were immediately available.
The same court approved the warrant to detain Yoon for questioning over his role in the failed Dec 3 martial law bid. It also issued a warrant to search the presidential residence compound in central Seoul.
The Corruption Investigation for High-ranking Officials handling Yoon's martial law case attempted to execute the warrants Friday, but it withdrew its officials from the site after a six-hour standoff with the Presidential Security Service blocking the entry.
Yoon's legal team has argued that the warrants were legally flawed, claiming the judge who issued them arbitrarily ruled that the criminal law prohibiting the execution of search or arrest warrants in restricted military and security areas does not apply to Yoon's case.
-- BERNAMA-YONHAP
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