Former South Korean President Yoon Returns To 10 Meters Of Detention Cell Without AC

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol who was impeached/PHOTO via Instagram @sukyeol.yoon

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was again detained in an isolation cell on Thursday after a court issued a new detention warrant in a legal investigation process related to martial law last year.

Yoon spent 52 days at the Seoul Detention Center earlier this year before being released for technical reasons.

He is currently on trial to decide whether he is in a rebellion with his efforts to impose a military emergency on December 3, 2024.

Diulas Reuters, Thursday, July 10, as a prisoner, Yoon will be photographed for identification and undergoing a thorough physical examination.

Prisoners or defendants who were detained before or during the trial were given a khaki two-piece uniform, while inmates who had been convicted wore blue-gray uniforms.

Yoon will be placed in an isolation cell covering an area of approximately 10 square meters and sleeping on a folding mattress on the floor without air conditioning, according to an officer at the detention center and media reports.

"With the heat waves hitting the country, Yoon has to rely on a small fan that dies at night," said Park Jie-won, an opposition lawmaker who was imprisoned there, on a talk show on YouTube.

The Seoul Detention Center in the city of Uiwang, 22 km (14 miles) south of Seoul, previously houses important figures including former President Park Geun-hye and Samsung Electronics boss As inmates at the facility, Yoon will wake up with other inmates at 06.30 and the lights will be turned off at 21.00.

Yoon's latest detention warrant will be in effect for a maximum of 20 days.

If a new investigation is being carried out by a special prosecutor results in an indictment, his detention can be extended in six months to the first round of the trial.