The former right-wing president of South Korea, Yoon Suk Yeol, has just been arrested and imprisoned for a second time as he faces new charges.
Yoon is now facing additional charges over his short-lived attempt to declare martial law.
The arrest was approved after a request from a special prosecutor appointed by South Korea’s new liberal president.
President Lee Jae-myung has moved swiftly to pursue additional charges against Yoon, who was initially indicted for insurrection.
His return to custody comes months after he was released from jail over issues concerning the length of his detention.
South Korea plunged into crisis in December after Yoon declared martial law.
The move was supposedly aimed at cracking down on North Korean influence within the then-opposition party.
Yoon’s emergency decree was swiftly overturned by parliament and led to massive protests for and against him.
After barricading himself inside the presidential residence, he was finally taken into custody and charged with insurrection after a weeks-long standoff that ended with police scaling the walls of his compound.
Yoon was removed from office in April after the nation’s Constitutional Court upheld his impeachment.
South Korea’s new liberal president won a snap election in June as a campaigner