South Korea’s martial law investigators are looking into arresting the impeached president
South Korean investigators travel to Seoul to try to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol.
Yoon’s supporters gathered at his residence and vowed to stop the authorities
South Korea’s Anti-Corruption Agency has sent investigators to execute an arrest warrant for impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol as hundreds of his supporters gathered at his residence in Seoul and vowed to block their approach.
Investigators from the Corruption Investigation Bureau for Senior Officials were seen loading boxes into several vehicles before leaving their building in Gwacheon early Friday morning.
The office did not immediately confirm how many investigators had been sent.
A Seoul court issued an arrest warrant for Yoon on Dec. 3 after he repeatedly evaded questioning and blocked searches of his Seoul office, hampering an investigation into whether his short-lived power grab amounted to rebellion.
In a message to conservative supporters gathered outside, Yoon said he would “fight to the end” against “anti-state forces”. His legal team warned Thursday that police officers trying to detain him could be arrested by the president’s security service or even by civilians.
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