South Korea: a few hours before its expiration, possible extension of the arrest warrant against dismissed President Yoon Suk Yeol
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The anti-corruption service, responsible for investigating martial law, has until Monday midnight (4 p.m. in Paris) to arrest the head of state, holed up in his residence in Seoul. Investigators announced that they would request additional time after being prevented by the leader’s bodyguards from apprehending him on Friday.
For several days, South Korea has been hanging on the hypothetical arrest of President Yoon Suk Yeol. And it should last. A few hours before the expiration of the arrest warrant against the head of state, removed from office after attempting to impose martial law in the country, the Office of Investigation into Corruption of High Personalities (CIO ) announced on Monday, January 6, that he was going to request an extension, as he had not been able to apprehend Mr. Yoon in time.
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The arrest warrant issued on December 31 by a Seoul court expires Monday evening at midnight (4 p.m. in Paris). “We intend to request an extension today, which requires indicating the reasons for exceeding the standard seven-day deadline,” IOC deputy director Lee Jae-seung told reporters.
On Friday, IOC investigators and special police forces entered the president’s residence to arrest him. But they came up against an army unit and agents of the Presidential Security Service (PSS) twice as many, and retreated empty-handed after nearly six hours of face-to-face confrontation. tense. The PSS chief warned that he would not allow any further attempts to arrest Mr. Yoon.
Lee said the IOC sent a letter to Acting President Choi Sang-mok on Saturday “demanding cooperation from the Presidential Security Service regarding the mandate.” “But we have not received a response,” he lamented.
Former star prosecutor elected in 2022, Yoon Suk Yeol, was dismissed by the National Assembly on December 14. He is the target of an investigation for “rebellion”, a crime punishable by death, for having introduced martial law by surprise on December 3 and sending the army to Parliament to muzzle him, before backtracking shortly after, under pressure from deputies and thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators.
