The special counsel team investigating the December 3 martial law declaration seeks the pretrial detention of Justice Minister Park Sung-jae.

The team, led by special counsel Cho Eun-suk, said in a press release Tuesday that it had requested Park's detention on charges of aiding insurrection and obstruction of the exercise of rights by abuse of authority.

The latest attempt to detain Park was based on evidence obtained through an additional search and seizure conducted after the special counsel team’s first request to detain Park was dismissed.

Prosecutors had first requested Park's detention on October 9, but the Seoul Central District Court ruled against it six days later, finding that there was room for Park to dispute the circumstances under which he'd become aware of the illegality of the emergency declaration.

Park stands accused of aiding former President Yoon Suk Yeol in imposing martial law by ordering prosecutors dispatched to the joint investigation headquarters set up under the now-dismantled martial law command.

Prosecutors also say that he ordered the Korea Immigration Service to impose travel bans on people arrested under martial law and directed the Korea Correctional Service to secure space to jail politicians, among other actions.

The special counsel team is expected to call in Park again for further questioning this week.