South Korean authorities have granted a request to extend a warrant to detain the country’s suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol for questioning over his surprise declaration of martial law last month.

A Seoul court on Tuesday extended the arrest warrant for South Korea's suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol at the request of the country's anti-corruption authorities. The Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials (CIO) is now expected to try again to enact the warrant,

The impeached former president has refused questioning three times since his bungled December 3 martial law decree.