Former President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday denied allegations he sent drones into North Korea to create a pretext for his failed martial law imposition, citing his phone call with then U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to back up his claim. Yoon spoke before the court himself during a closed-door hearing held to decide whether to extend his arrest, on charges of benefiting the enemy and power abuse in connection with his alleged drone deployment to Pyongyang in October last year. The ousted president has been held in custody since July on charges of obstructing justice by blocking his detention by investigators in January. He is currently set to be released after his six-month arrest expires Jan. 18. Special counsel Cho Eun-suk's team requested an extension of his arrest last month while additionally indicting him over the alleged drone operation, which it claimed was aimed at inciting the North's retaliation and using it as a pretext for the Dec. 3 martial law declaration last year. During the hearing, Yoon reportedly claimed that the charge of aiding the enemy cannot hold because he had