South Korea Presidential guards and military troops have prevented the authorities from arresting the impeached President Yoon Sulk.
This happened on Friday 3rd January 2025 in a tensed six-hour standoff inside Yoon’s compound.
The South Korea impeached President is under Criminal investigation over His December 3rd, 2024, Marital law that sparked the attention of Koreans and led to the first arrest of a sitting President.
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Hundreds of Yoon Supporters had gathered in the pre-dawn hours near his residence to prevent his arrest but were evaded by the police and the CIO officials.
The CIO officials which are the leading joint team of investigators arrived at the gate of the presidential compound shortly after 7 am and entered on foot.
Once inside, the CIO together with the police were outnumbered by the Presidential Security Service (PSS) as said by the reporters.
With this, the CIO called off the effort to arrest Yoon around 1:30 p.m. due to concerns over the safety of its personnel due to obstruction.
President Yoon warrant of arrest was approved by the court on Tuesday since the impeached President had ignored multiple summons to appear for questioning and us valid till Jan 6th.
Yoon’s legal team released a statement after the suspended arrest claiming that the CIO had no authority to investigate the matter.
