South Korean investigators failed Friday to arrest ousted President Yoon Suk-yeol at his Seoul residence following his failed attempt to impose martial law on Dec. 3. Faced with resistance from members of the presidential “security service”, they suspended their operation.
A deposed president holed up in his residence and resisting the police, hundreds of his supporters gathered under his windows, a tense face-to-face between investigators and the security services and an arrest finally suspended… The Bureau of Investigation on Corruption of senior South Korean officials (CIO) tried, in vain, to arrest deposed President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday, January 3, but presidential bodyguards prevented them from achieving their goals.
For nearly six hours, prosecutors and agents of the CIO, which centralizes the investigation for “rebellion” opened against Yoon Suk-yeol, remained inside the presidential residence, in the heights of the chic Hannam district. They ended up leaving around 1:30 p.m. (4:30 a.m. GMT), empty-handed.
“Regarding the execution of the arrest warrant today, it was determined that it was materially impossible due to the continuing standoff. Concerns for the safety of personnel on site led to the decision to “interrupt the execution,” the IOC said in a statement.
A Joint Staff officer in Seoul told AFP that the IOC team had “entered into confrontation” with soldiers under the orders of the presidential security service. The latter for his part indicated to AFP that he had conducted “negotiations” with the IOC.
With AFP
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