Former President Yoon Suk Yeol will not appear in court on Thursday for the tenth hearing in his criminal insurrection trial.

Yoon’s legal team submitted a written statement to the Seoul Central District Court to explain his absence, shortly before the hearing was set to begin at 10:15 a.m.

Yoon is in custody at the Seoul Detention Center in Uiwang, Gyeonggi Province, after the court issued a fresh warrant to detain him on Thursday, citing concerns that he could destroy evidence. 

The special counsel team investigating the martial law case requested the warrant on Sunday based on allegations of abuse of authority, obstructing Cabinet members from exercising their rights, falsifying public documents, and special obstruction of public duty.

Yoon is back in detention four months after his release in March, when the same court canceled an earlier detention warrant.