A vehicle (front) carrying arrested President Yoon Suk Yeol exits the Seoul Detention Center in Uiwang, south of Seoul, on Jan. 23, 2025, en route to the Constitutional Court in the capital, as Yoon will attend the fourth hearing of his impeachment trial in connection to his short-lived imposition of martial law in December.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol attended on Tuesday a Constitutional Court hearing of his impeachment trial where he denied ordering military commanders to drag lawmakers out of parliament during his short-lived bid to impose martial law.

South Korea’s impeached president has denied that he ordered the military to drag lawmakers out of the National Assembly to prevent them from voting to reject his martial law decree last month, as he appeared for the first time before the Constitutional Court that will determine his fate.