President Yoon Suk-yeol of South Korea was impeached. After anti-graft detectives asked for further time to issue a warrant, impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol seemed ready to avoid arrest before a Monday night deadline. Due to a botched martial law order last month, the former top prosecutor has fiercely refused to be questioned three times and is still holed up in his home, surrounded by hundreds of guards who are delaying his arrest.CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
requested assistance from the police and an extension to the warrant, which expires at the end of Monday (1500 GMT). The police affirmed their readiness to help investigators and issued a warning that anyone preventing Yoon’s arrest could be arrested. “The warrant’s validity ends today. CIO deputy director Lee Jae-Seung, whose authority has been contested by Yoon’s attorneys, stated, “We intend to request an extension from the court.”
When investigators tried to access Yoon’s presidential compound on Friday, they encountered hundreds of security personnel, among other challenges. Speaking anonymously, a police official stated on Monday that “we will consider the option of arresting any personnel from the Presidential Security Service during the execution of the second warrant.” The dismantling of the security force defending the ousted president has been demanded by the opposition Democratic Party.
Yoon, who has already been suspended by legislators, would be the first sitting president in South Korean history to be arrested if he were to be taken into custody. After that, authorities would have 48 hours to decide whether to release him or get another warrant. “We’ll be back.” If found guilty of insurrection for temporarily suspending civilian authority, Yoon might be imprisoned or, in the worst instance, executed, causing South Korea to experience its greatest political crisis in decades.
Yoon and his followers continue to be stubborn in spite of everything. Kim Soo-yong, 62, a protest organizer, declared, “The President will be protected by the Presidential Security Service, and we will protect the Presidential Security Service until midnight.” “We’ll be back if they get another warrant,” he continued. Police blocked surrounding roads as scores of Yoon’s People Power Party supporters gathered outside his home before morning.
“I have more experience than the CIO here. Why they are unable to do it is incomprehensible. They need to arrest him immediately,” said anti-Yoon protest organiser Kim Ah-young, in her 30s. The initial warrant was issued after Yoon refused to cooperate with questioning over his martial law decree. His lawyers have repeatedly described the warrant as “unlawful” and pledged further legal challenges.
The situation facing South Korea is unprecedented. Regardless of whether Yoon is detained or not, the scenario represents a constitutional dilemma for the thriving democracy in East Asia. Blinken in the city In Seoul early on Monday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived. He met with Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul for a joint news conference, but they were not supposed to meet Yoon.
Blinken’s visit was marred by North Korea’s alleged intercontinental ballistic missile launch during his meeting with Cho, despite his praise of South Korea’s democratic resiliency. Before enacting the unsuccessful martial law proclamation, Yoon disregarded the protests of important cabinet members, according to a prosecutors’ dossier for his former defense minister that AFP obtained on Sunday. The evidence may be relevant at his next trial.
The trial for Yoon’s impeachment has been set for January 14 by the Constitutional Court of South Korea. The trial will go forward without him if he declines to appear. The court has 180 days to determine whether to remove Yoon from office or restore his authority. Similarly, former presidents Park Geun-hye and Roh Moo-hyun did not show up for their impeachment hearings.CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
