SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- A South Korean court will on Thursday start the process to review the arrest appropriateness application filed by President Yoon Suk-yeol's legal team after his arrest on Wednesday.

The arrest appropriateness review is a legal procedure in which a suspect, claiming improper arrest, requests the court to order their release.

According to local TV channel YTN, the Seoul Central District Court is expected to start the process at 5 p.m. local time.

Yoon's team filed the application on Wednesday, arguing that the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) does not have the authority to investigate allegations of insurrection and that the arrest warrant should have been issued by the Seoul Central District Court rather than the Seoul Western District Court.

According to relevant laws, the court is required to process the case within 48 hours of receiving the application and must decide whether to release the suspect within 24 hours after the process concludes.

South Korean investigators on Wednesday announced that the arrest warrant for Yoon had been executed and the impeached president was subsequently transferred to the CIO for questioning. Enditem

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