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Yoon Suk Yeol's president claimed that it was illegal and invalid in the attempt to arrest him and warned of legal action.
The Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit said it was regrettable that the suspect's attitude did not follow due process.
Reporter Lim Sung-ho reports.
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Lawyers for President Yoon Suk Yeol appeared in front of the presidential residence about four hours after the execution of the arrest warrant began.
When the execution of an arrest warrant for President Yoon fell through,
The fact that the police task force in charge of security affairs actively participated in the execution of the warrant, which is an investigation task,
It warned that it was an intrusion into a class 1 military secret protection facility, obstruction of the execution of special duties, and attempted imprisonment of illegal arrest.In an interview with YTN radio, Seok Dong-hyun, a lawyer who served as a legal adviser to President Yoon
, accused him of executing a 'show-off' warrant.
[Seok Dong-hyun / Yoon Suk Yeol Presidential Legal Adviser (YTN Radio Issue & People): The President refused to comply with the court's warrant. I think it's a show to make something like this. When it was obvious that the president would not respond, I spent nearly five hours like this...]
On the other hand, the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit, which failed to secure President Yoon's recruits, countered that the entire process from requesting an arrest warrant to issuing and executing it was legal.
During the execution, he presented an arrest warrant to the security service and explained the reason,
The police mobilized at the scene of
are personnel who applied under the legitimate command of the prosecutor of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit.
President Yoon's lawyers and the prosecutor of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit, who first met in front of the official residence, agreed to avoid physical conflicts.
President Yoon has not yet appointed a lawyer to the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit,
It is said that
will make a senior appointment at an early date and has proposed a consultation on the procedure afterwards.
I'm YTN's Lim Sung Ho.
Reporter: Wang Xion Yu Jun-seok
Video editing: Kim Min-kyung
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