After a confrontation with his security team, South Korean investigators canceled their attempt to apprehend impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol at his home on Friday due to safety concerns following a failed martial law attempt. If the order is executed, Yoon, who has already been placed on leave by parliament, would be the first sitting president in South Korean history to be taken into custody.
The president risks imprisonment or, at worst, the death penalty for his ill-advised Dec. 3 announcement that rocked the thriving East Asian democracy and momentarily threw it back to the gloomy days of military dictatorship.
The Corruption Investigation Office (CIO), which is investigating Yoon over his martial law proclamation, said in a statement that the execution of the arrest order today was deemed to be practically difficult because of the ongoing standoff.
Regarding the altercation with Yoon’s presidential security agency and its military unit, the statement stated that “concern for the safety of personnel on-site led to the decision to halt” the arrest attempt. After entering the presidential property, over 200 soldiers and security guards joined arms to block the path of about 20 investigators and 80 police officers, a CIO official told a briefing.
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