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Anti-corruption investigators and police later arrived at Yun’s residential building in front of a metal gate with a gold presidential insignia. Some officials were seen entering a security gate on the side of the metal gate, including one of Yoon’s lawyers and his chief of staff.
South Korea’s anti-corruption agency on Wednesday announced the detention of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol. It comes after a dramatic operation involving hundreds of investigators and police officers at his presidential compound. A convoy of black SUVs was seen leaving the complex under police escort. The large-scale operation was the agency’s second attempt to detain the former president following the imposition of controversial martial law last month. A large number of law enforcement officers entered the presidential compound to carry out the detention. Despite the high-security environment, authorities faced no significant resistance from presidential security forces.
After an hour-long standoff at the gate of the complex, anti-corruption investigators and police officials were seen moving towards the hill complex. Police officers were earlier seen using ladders to climb onto rows of buses placed by the Presidential Security Service near the entrance of the complex.
Law enforcement officers at Yoon’s residence
Anti-corruption investigators and police later arrived at Yun’s residential building in front of a metal gate with a gold presidential insignia. Some officials were seen entering a security gate on the side of the metal gate, including one of Yoon’s lawyers and his chief of staff. The Presidential Security Service later removed a bus and other vehicles that were parked tightly inside the gate as a barricade. Yun has justified his declaration of martial law on December 3 as a legitimate act of governance against the “anti-state” opposition that was using its legislative majority to thwart his agenda. Yoon’s lawyers were trying to persuade investigators not to pursue a detention warrant, saying the president would voluntarily appear for questioning but the agency told reporters they were not immediately considering that option. The anti-corruption agency is leading a joint investigation with police and the military into whether Yun’s martial law declaration amounted to an attempted rebellion and sought to bring him into custody after he ignored multiple summonses for questioning. He has promised to take more forceful steps to detain him after his initial attempts to detain him were blocked by the Presidential Security Service on January 3.
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