ISLAMABAD

South Korean impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday requested the court to cancel his arrest over his attempt to impose martial law in December last year, according to local media.

Yoon's legal team submitted the request to the Seoul Central District Court as the court is expected to begin his criminal trial on Feb. 20, Yonhap News Agency reported.

The court will respond to Yoon's latest request within seven days.

Earlier Tuesday, a South Korean parliamentary committee issued an order to bring the impeached president and six others involved in his marital law declaration before the National Assembly as witnesses in an ongoing hearing.

The opposition-led special committee investigating Yoon's insurrection charges issued the orders after Yoon's former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun and two others did not appear before the committee.

The Constitutional Court is also hearing the Yoon impeachment case during the day where two former military commanders and a former spy agency official are expected to appear before the court to testify as witnesses.

On Monday, South Korean police carried out another raid on the Presidential Security Service (PSS) over allegations that it attempted to obstruct investigators from executing a warrant to detain Yoon last month.

Yoon is under criminal investigation for abuse of power and leading an insurrection, making him the first sitting president to be arrested. He is also subject to a travel ban.

Suspended from office since Dec. 14, when parliament voted to impeach him, his case is now before the Constitutional Court, which has up to six months to decide whether to remove Yoon from office or to reinstate him.

Yoon was first detained on Jan. 15 and formally arrested on Jan. 19 in a widening probe into the botched martial law decree, which he defended. He was indicted on Jan. 26.