South Korea’s Anti-Corruption Agency (CIO) asked police on Monday to arrest suspended President Yoon Suk-yeol. This is reported by the AP news agency. The arrest warrant against Yoon expires at midnight on Monday, which would require criminal case investigators to apply for a new arrest warrant. The suspended president refuses all cooperation and has barricaded himself in his official residence.
Last Friday, the anti-corruption agency failed to arrest Yoon at his official residence complex in the capital Seoul, as a military unit and the presidential security service blocked the passage. Yoon’s lawyer calls the arrest warrant “illegal and invalid.” The agency hopes that a police action will make a greater impression.
The South Korean judiciary suspects Yoon of “rebellion” because he unexpectedly declared a military state of emergency on December 3. He also unsuccessfully instructed the army to prevent a parliamentary meeting, which gives the right to reverse the state of emergency. Ultimately, enough representatives voted to reverse the power grab, after which Yoon was suspended.
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