South Korea.. A second attempt to arrest the deposed president
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yul faces a new, and perhaps more powerful, attempt to arrest him on charges of rebellion after a senior investigator pledged to do everything necessary to break the security siege and hold the suspended president for questioning, which could lead to his impeachment.
Protesters supporting and opposing the besieged Leon continued to organize marches in the streets surrounding the presidential complex on Wednesday, despite the severe drop in temperatures, after the court reinstated… A warrant for Yoon’s arrest was issued the day before.
This week, the presidential security service was seen fortifying the compound with barbed wire and barricades using buses to prevent access to the location where Yoon was believed to be, after… He refused to be summoned to appear for questioning.
Yon is under criminal investigation on charges of rebellion due to his attempt to impose martial law on December 3, which shocked South Korea and led to the issuance of The first arrest warrant for a sitting president.
He also faces a separate trial before the Constitutional Court regarding his impeachment on December 14 for violating his constitutional duties by declaring martial law.
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Oh Dong-won, head of the High-Level Official Corruption Investigation Bureau leading the investigation against Yoon, apologized on Tuesday for a botched arrest attempt last Friday after a tense six-hour standoff inside the complex. Presidential.
Different scenarios
Oh canceled the arrest attempt after he was unable to enter the presidential complex due to a human chain of hundreds of members of the presidential security service and military guards.
Oh said before a parliamentary committee, “We will do our best to achieve our goal by being fully prepared this time and with great determination that the implementation of the second arrest warrant will be The latter».
Oh did not object when MPs called for tough measures to overcome the presidential guard and military forces inside the complex, but he refused to confirm the options being considered.
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The various scenarios reported by local media include the mobilization of special police unit forces and the use of heavy equipment to breach barriers, followed by the deployment of more than 2,000 policemen to remove the presidential guard, which It may take three days if necessary.
An official in the Office for the Investigation of Corruption of Senior Officials said that the number of officials in the office, security personnel and police was less in the previous arrest attempt than more than 200 members of presidential security, some of whom were carrying firearms, in addition to forces attached to presidential security, as the two sides engaged in altercations.
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