Seoul: The National Assembly approved a motion to arrest Rep. Choo Kyung-ho, former floor leader of the People Power Party (PPP), over his alleged role in former President Yoon Suk Yeol's botched martial law bid.

According to Yonhap News Agency, a special counsel team earlier filed for an arrest warrant for Choo on charges of playing a key role in an insurrection for allegedly obstructing PPP lawmakers from participating in a parliamentary vote to lift Yoon's martial law decree. By law, sitting lawmakers are immune from arrest while parliament is in session and can only be put under arrest with consent from the National Assembly.

The arrest motion passed in a 172-4 vote with two abstentions and two invalid ballots during a parliamentary plenary session. All PPP lawmakers, including Choo, boycotted the vote. With the motion's passage, a court will hold a hearing soon to decide whether to issue the arrest warrant.

Choo has been accused of repeatedly changing the location of an emergency party meeting on the night of Dec. 3, when Yoon declared martial law.