Police Special Task Force "Maintaining the supporting copy...Arrest warrant, execution with Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit"

[Anchor]
Today, the deadline for Yoon Suk Yeol's presidential arrest warrant, sparked controversy throughout the day when a high-ranking government official's criminal investigation office notified the police that it would re-execute the warrant.

The police special team said it has a legal flaw and will maintain the existing joint investigation headquarters system, and will also help the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit to execute additional arrest warrants.

I'm connecting you with a field reporter. Reporter Lim Yejin!

[Reporter]
Yes, this is the National Investigation Headquarters of the National Police Agency.

[Anchor]
The Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit said it would leave the execution to the police just before the expiration of the arrest warrant for President Yoon, but effectively withdrew its position.

Please summarize what the situation is like.

[Reporter]
Yes, the deadline for President Yoon Suk Yeol's arrest warrant is today, so we're interested in whether we'll try to execute more,
The Defense Acquisition Program Administration sent an official letter to the National Investigation Headquarters at around 9 p.m. last night (5th) stating that it was entrusted to the police to execute the arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol, and the police received it at around 7 a.m. this morning.

The official letter under the name of Lee Jae-seung, deputy head of the Airborne Division, said that the government will delegate the execution of the warrant to the National Police Agency's National Investigation Headquarters in consideration of the expertise of the execution of the warrant to promote the process quickly and efficiently.

In addition, it was found that since the arrest warrant and search warrant of President Yoon expire at midnight today, it will extend the validity by re-claiming the warrant to the court.

When the arrest warrant was attempted to be executed on the 3rd, there was a physical conflict between the Joint Investigation Headquarters and the Security Service, and the execution of the warrant was eventually suspended.
Since the
Airborne Division did not have the authority to direct the police, the police asked them to take the lead and start arresting President Yoon.

[Anchor]
What's the police's position?

[Reporter]
The police special team was notified without prior coordination, so it was embarrassing.

In a briefing this afternoon, he said that there was a legal problem for the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit to appoint the police to execute the arrest warrant for President Yoon, effectively rejecting it.

The police have never executed the warrant issued by the prosecution on behalf of the police, and if that happens, legal problems could arise.

Let's listen to it for ourselves.

[Baek Dong-heum / Deputy Head of Special Investigation Team: After an internal legal review, the official letter of the command of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit was judged to be legally controversial.]

The special police team added that the Airborne Division also acknowledged to some extent that there was a problem with the official document.

The police said they did not expect the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit to send an official letter late at night during the consultation process, but said they would continue to maintain the existing system of the joint investigation headquarters without shaking.

He explained that the execution of additional arrest warrants will also be carried out in a way that the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit is the main body and supported by the police, just like the first attempt on the 3rd.

At the same time, he drew a line, saying he did not even discuss how to bring the case back.

[Anchor]
Please organize the police investigation on other suspects besides President Yoon.

[Reporter]
Yes, so far, a total of 49 suspects have been involved in the emergency martial law incident, including 25 officials from the presidential office and the government and 19 military officials.

On the 3rd, the police special team booked four commanders of the security service, including Chief of Security Park Jong-joon, who interfered with the execution of the arrest warrant for President Yoon, on charges of obstructing the execution of special public affairs.

Earlier, Director Park refused to attend, saying in a statement that he could not leave because the security service was strict,
The
police notified the second summons by 10 a.m. tomorrow, but it was found that Chief Park did not express his intention to attend.

We are also coordinating the investigation schedule for Presidential Chief of Staff Chung Jin-seok, who failed to attend last year, and Prime Minister Han Deok-soo, who notified him of the second summons.

So far, I'm YTN Lim Ye-jin from the National Police Agency's National Investigation Headquarters.

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