[尹 체포 불발] Warrant execution stopped after 5 hours and 30 minutes
About 150 members of the Corruption Investigation Office-Cooperation Investigation Team… Break through the cordon in a fight big or small
Secret Service, defense line 200m in front of the official residence… Form a scrum and block the investigation team from entering.
Execution steps back due to concerns of clashes between hundreds of people
On the 3rd, the High-ranking Public Officials Crime Investigation Office cited ‘safety issues’ as the reason for stopping the execution of an arrest warrant for a sitting president after about 5 hours and 30 minutes for the first time in constitutional history. Hundreds of personnel from the Airborne Investigations Agency and the Presidential Security Service were gathered together, and some of the Security Service personnel who blocked the arrest team’s entry at the time were known to possess firearms and appear to have been concerned about physical conflict.
On the 3rd, an official from the Corruption Investigation Office held a briefing at the Corruption Investigation Office building in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province, and revealed the reason why the arrestees stopped executing the warrant. The 150-person investigation team of the Corruption Investigation Office and the police’s Mutual Aid Investigation Headquarters (Korea Mutual Aid Investigation Headquarters) began entering the diplomatic village in Hannam-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, where the president’s official residence is located, at around 8:02 a.m., broke through the cordon twice, and arrived 200 meters in front of the official residence. It is said that during this process, big and small fights broke out, but there were no major injuries.
However, the investigation team was unable to enter further as buses, cars, and about 200 people from the Secret Service established a final line of defense in front of the President’s residence. It is said that about 200 people formed a scrum and blocked the investigation team from entering. It is known that in addition to the people who formed the scrum, there were also people carrying personal firearms stationed at the location at the time. Only three prosecutors from the investigation team passed through here and discussed executing the arrest warrant with President Yoon Seok-yeol’s lawyers at the final cordon. An official from the Public Prosecution Service explained, “We withdrew the execution because there was a risk of unexpected injuries due to the large number of people gathered in one place.”
In this process, it was found that the 202nd Security Group of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, which is in charge of security outside the official residence under the direction of the Presidential Security Service during peacetime, allowed the initial entry of the arrest team without any friction. The 202nd Security Group is in charge of the area outside the main gate of the diplomatic village, which is considered the ‘first line of resistance’ during this entry. It is understood that a sentiment has formed in the police that “we cannot stop the execution of warrants.”
Suspicions were also raised that the National Security Agency mobilized military forces, including the 55th Guards Corps, in the process of entering the official residence. It is said that dozens of troops from the 55th Guards Division belonging to the Army Capital Defense Command were mobilized. It is said that among them were a significant number of ordinary soldiers. In response, the Secret Service refuted this, saying, “The soldiers are on duty in peacetime, but in preparation for the confrontation to intensify when the Airborne Investigation Service arrives, they were replaced with Secret Service employees, and the soldiers were switched to rear duty.” A military official also said, “It is true that military troops, including the 55th Security Guard, met with officials from the Airborne Investigation Office while entering the official residence of the Airborne Investigation Office, but it was not a ‘confrontation.’”
Reporter Jeon Nam-hyuk [email protected]
Reporter Koo Min-ki [email protected]
Reporter Son Hyo-joo [email protected]
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