The Seoul Court has On December 3, South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol issued an arrest warrant for him for trying to impose martial law.

An arrest warrant was issued for Yoon, who is under investigation for abuse of power and incitement of rebellion after he ignored three summonses to appear in court in the past two weeks.

Yin’s legal team called the search warrant “illegal and invalid” and said they would challenge it in court.

South Korea has been in a political crisis since the brief declaration of martial law, with both Yoon and his successor being impeached by parliament.

Yoon is the first sitting president of South Korea to face arrest.

Investigators have until Jan. 6 to execute the warrant and can request an extension.

However, it is unclear whether investigators will be able to execute the warrant as they may be thwarted by his security team and protesters.

The presidential security service had earlier blocked investigators from entering the Blue House and Yoon’s private residences to conduct court-sanctioned searches.

In the past, South Korean authorities have abandoned attempts to arrest prominent politicians after aides and supporters physically blocked police officers.

On Monday, Yoon’s legal team said investigators did not have the authority to arrest him because declaring martial law falls within the president’s constitutional authority.

Yoon had earlier defended his decision to declare martial law, Pledge to “fight to the end” -However, he also said that he would not evade his legal and political responsibilities.

His lawyer, Yun Gap-geun, said Yun’s failure to comply with three previous subpoenas was due to “reasonable considerations.”

Yin’s whereabouts are unknown to the public, but he has been banned from leaving the country.

Although he has been suspended from the presidency since lawmakers voted to impeach him on December 14, he can only be removed from office if the country’s Constitutional Court upholds impeachment.

The Constitutional Court currently has only six judges out of its nine. This means that a rejection will save Yin from being removed.

Opposition lawmakers had hoped that nominating three additional judges would increase Yoon’s chances of impeachment, but their proposal was vetoed by Prime Minister Han Deok-soo last week.

The opposition has since voted to impeach Han as acting leader after Yoon was suspended.

Now, they are threatening to do the same against Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok, who is now acting president and acting prime minister.

Additional reporting by Kelly Wu