The Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit presents an arrest warrant to the Chief of Security...Security service. "I don't agree".

[Anchor]
This time, let's go to the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit building. There are reporters from the legal team. I'll try to connect. Youngsoo Kim, reporter Kim Chul-hee, please come out.

[Reporter]
It's in the high-ranking government official's criminal investigation office. Here is the news regarding the execution of the arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol. First of all, reporter Kim Chul-hee, we have been delivering related news since dawn. Shall we clear up the situation so far?

[Reporter]
We arrived here a little less than 6 o'clock. At around 6:14 a.m., the vehicle of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit was caught leaving the Gwacheon Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit building. About an hour later, the screen where the vehicle of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit arrived at the official residence was confirmed. At almost 8 o'clock, investigators got off and started consulting with the security service. Just after 8 o'clock, it was confirmed that investigators entered the inside of the official residence. It was around 8:03 when the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit announced the execution of the arrest warrant. The arrest warrant was found to have been made at the scene by senior prosecutor Lee Dae-hwan. Currently, the number of people executing arrest warrants at the official residence in Hannam-dong, Seoul is estimated to be about 150, including 30 from the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit and 120 from the National Police Agency. After passing through the first cordon built with buses, etc., we entered the second cordon.

If you look at the screen right now, you can see that the bus cordon on the left is where it was. The second cordon was entered at around 9:50 a.m. Since then, there has been an air-conditioning copy in front of the official residence. It is known that he offered an arrest warrant to the security service and asked for cooperation. However, it is known that the head of the security agency expressed his position not to allow the search, citing that it is a security zone under the Security Act. As you can see in front of the main gate of the official residence at this time, it is known that there is a confrontation in front of the official residence.

[Reporter]
We've been pointing out the process so far, including the situation at the site every hour, and as reporter Kim Chul-hee said, there was an attempt to execute an arrest warrant from around 6:10. We are currently heading towards 11 o'clock. It's been almost five hours, but the arrest warrant has not been executed yet. I expected these difficulties. It was expected that the security service would block it like this. Since the president of Yoon Suk Yeol is an incumbent president, he will be protected by the security service. So I thought a lot about this part of the collaboration version. I thought a lot about how to consult with the security service and how to execute the arrest warrant if there is a conflict.

However, it seems that the execution of arrest warrants is still difficult. Earlier, Gong Dong-bon sent an official letter warning the security service. It included the fact that you can be punished for obstructing the execution of special public affairs. Oh Dong-woon's Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit directly mentioned that locking the iron door and obstructing the execution of the warrant would interfere with the execution of public affairs. In addition, conflicts with the president's supporters must have been considered from the standpoint of cooperation. As you can see on the right screen, many supporters gathered in front of the official residence, and many supporters gathered from dawn. These supporters are gathering to protest against the president's impeachment and the execution of arrest warrants.

I don't think there's been any conflict so far. There seems to be no conflict with supporters. There is no conflict with the supporters as the police moved them a little far from the alley that enters the official residence early on. Director of Airborne Oh Dong-woon once mentioned this. He met with reporters on the 1st and said he hopes it will proceed without any disturbance and aims to mobilize police personnel. In fact, about 2,700 police officers were deployed today. Then can reporter Kim Chul-hee explain the arrest process?

[Reporter]
As you said, the arrest process is currently being put into the scene with an arrest warrant. The Miranda Principles should also be notified to the President. Here, we explain to the president the reason for the arrest warrant, that is, what charges he will face and why he will execute the arrest warrant. After President Yoon's arrest, he is expected to move to the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit. The distance from Hannam-dong residence to the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit is about 17-18km. We need to find out more about the exact route, but we expect to choose the nearest route. There are about two big ones, but you can cross Hannam Bridge and take the Gyeongbu Expressway. There is also a way to cross Hannam Bridge and return to the Memorial Park. It took about an hour because there was no traffic control on the way here, but assuming that the traffic is controlled, it will take about 20 minutes to arrive. The Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit is located in the 5th building of the Gwacheon Government Complex.

[Reporter]
To briefly point out the process so far, the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit announced the execution of the arrest warrant just after 8 o'clock. At this time, I passed through a guard post. You can view the guard post as the primary cordon. It passed the first cordon around 8 o'clock and entered the second cordon made by the bodyguard and the second cordon built by the bodyguard at around 9:50. Currently, Gong Dong-won is presenting an arrest warrant to the head of the security department and requesting cooperation. However, it has been found that the security chief has expressed his position not to search because it is a security area under the Security Act. We've pointed out the progress so far. If President Yoon is arrested, he will come to the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit for investigation as you said. There is an investigation room on the third floor of the five-dong building, which is the size of a general inspection room. There is video recording equipment, but it is said that it can be recorded only when the president of Yoon Suk Yeol agrees.

Earlier, former President Park Geun Hye refused, and former President Lee Myung Bak agreed to proceed with the video recording when investigating. Inside the investigation room, President Yoon Suk Yeol and his lawyer will sit down, and on the other side, Chief Prosecutor Lee Dae-hwan and Chief Prosecutor Cha Jung-hyun will conduct the investigation. There is a resting area across from the video survey room. You can look at it as a space where you can inch. There are sofas and tables prepared here. In the case of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit, they are currently preparing 200 pages of questionnaires. Since the first summons, we have already said that we are ready, but it is presumed that the questionnaire has been reinforced a little more by taking over the statement that the prosecution made as data when prosecuting former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun. Reporter Kim Chul-hee, should we look into the allegations of Yoon Suk Yeol's president?

[Reporter]
The arrest warrant you just mentioned points out two major charges. First of all, there are allegations of abuse of authority and rebellion. The crime of rebellion stipulated in Article 87 of the Criminal Code is divided into three categories: the head, the important mission worker, and the involved. The leader is subject to death or life imprisonment. If you participated in the plot, commanded, and participated in important missions, you could also be sentenced to death or life imprisonment, or imprisonment for more than five years. However, those who simply participated in riots are currently stipulated as imprisonment for up to five years. However, President Yoon is charged with the head among them, so if he is convicted, he can be sentenced to life imprisonment and even the death penalty. The incumbent president has the privilege of fluoridation, but civil war and foreign exchange crimes are exceptions to the privilege of fluoridation, so if he is found guilty, a heavy sentence is inevitable.

[Reporter]
There was also controversy in the process of issuing a search warrant. There is a provision in the Criminal Procedure Act that restricts seizure and search if there is a military secret or a job secret, and I heard it based on this provision when the security service did not allow the police to search and seizure. However, when the court issued a search warrant this time, it issued a search warrant along with an arrest warrant, stating that this clause, Articles 110 and 111 of the Criminal Procedure Act, was excluded. To put it more simply, the legal basis for the bodyguard to reject the search warrant has disappeared. Some in the legal profession said this was unprecedented.

However, because the current situation is so unprecedented, the evaluation is a little mixed. However, both Articles 110 and 111 contain provisions that cannot be rejected unless they harm the country's significant interests. In addition to this, President Yoon Suk Yeol has continued to protest against the ongoing investigation into the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit. What was it about?

[Reporter]
That's right. The president does not currently have the authority to investigate the crime of rebellion by the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit. It denies the right to investigate itself. Therefore, they claim that the entire investigation by the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit is illegal, and the warrant issued by the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit is also illegal. If you look at the Corruption Investigations Unit Act, the targets and crimes that the Corruption Investigations Unit can actually investigate are specified. The president is included in the investigation, of course, but the crime of rebellion is not clearly included in the crimes that can be investigated. However, it will be possible to investigate crimes that you find out and recognize during the investigation, and based on this, the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit opened an investigation and requested a warrant. It is judged that the court also issued a warrant because it judged that it was possible to investigate the crime of rebellion. In the impeachment trial at the Constitutional Court, President Yoon is currently arguing that he will highlight this part and explain why we had to do martial law.

[Reporter]
Earlier, reporter Kim Chul-hee explained the legal background of President Yoon Suk Yeol's allegations. Let's go back to the facts. President Yoon Suk Yeol declared an emergency decree at 10:29 p.m. on December 3 last year. It's only a month before today. Emergency martial law was declared and a resolution to lift martial law was passed by the National Assembly at 1:02 a.m. on December 4. And at 5:40, the announcement of the lifting of martial law came out. At 2:43 p.m. that day, the opposition party filed an impeachment motion. Since then, the prosecution, the police, and the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit have all launched investigations into the martial law incident. The prosecution was the first to indict former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun on charges of engaging in important missions against him. The prosecution, the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit, and the police judge that President Yoon caused a riot with the aim of disrupting the national constitution, that is, a rebellion. The prosecution's investigation found that one of the important things was to paralyze the function by sending military troops to the National Assembly and the National Election Commission. Regarding this, could you please point it out in detail by reporter Kim Chul-hee?

[Reporter] Among the allegations of President
Yoon, this part was revealed during martial law preparations. In particular, the purpose of the National Constitution is to paralyze the National Assembly and the National Election Commission, which is the core of the rebellion. Prosecutors provided detailed explanatory materials during the prosecution of former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun, and it also included military officials' instructions. There was also a content related to the decree. It is understood that President Yoon partially revised it after former Minister Kim Yong-hyun drafted it.

Also, regarding the control of the National Assembly as mentioned earlier, President Yoon directly called Lee Jin-woo, commander of the water defense command, during martial law, and even by shooting, break the door and bring down the lawmakers. It was also confirmed from the investigation results that he mentioned to the effect that martial law should be declared twice or three times, so implement the instructions.
It also said that the president called Cho Ji-ho, the police chief who is currently under investigation by the prosecution, and ordered all lawmakers who want to enter the National Assembly to arrest him because he violated the decree.

[Reporter]
The Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit's investigation into the president of Yoon Suk Yeol is underway and he is now in his official residence to execute an arrest warrant today. The current time is a little past 11 o'clock. I've been trying to execute a warrant for 5 hours, but I'm expecting to have some difficulties. Just after 8 o'clock, he entered the inside of the official residence and the guard post, and since then, he has broken through the second cordon, and now he has presented an arrest warrant to the security chief right in front of the official residence and requested cooperation. However, the security chief seems to have expressed his disapproval of the search due to the security area. The arrest warrant may or may not be executed today. If so, it is impossible to rule out the possibility of executing an arrest warrant three times within six days at the earliest, once or twice or once the day after tomorrow, because the deadline is until the 6th. So far, the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit has delivered related information. Please come out to Sangam-dong studio.