The police task force secured the vehicle entrance to the airlift office,
Police investigators arrive one after another...Special Towing Vehicle Deployment
The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's task force will gather at 3:30 a.m. today.
Tensions are rising around the official residence as the Emergency Security Joint Investigation Headquarters is expected to execute the second arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol early this morning.
There is a reporter on the scene. Reporter Yoon Woong Sung!
[Articles]
Yes, in front of the presidential residence in Hannam-dong, Seoul.
[Anchor]
The atmosphere on the ground seems to be escalating, is there any sign of the 2nd arrest warrant being executed?
[Reporter]
At the scene, a vehicle from the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit arrived in front of the official residence.
An arrest warrant is on the horizon.
Police began to use task forces to push people around the airborne vehicles.
We are trying to secure an access road.
Police investigators are also arriving at the scene one after another.
Police special tow trucks have also been deployed.
The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency instructed the task force to gather in front of the Hannam-dong residence by 3:30 a.m. today.
This time, it has been confirmed that 51 units have been mobilized, reaching 3,000 people.
The total number of mobile headquarters in Seoul is 60 units, and except for the unit that was on duty yesterday (13th), it is virtually all available units.
The task force will secure access to the official residence so that investigators from the government office can enter and maintain security, including clashes between protesters at nearby rallies, during the execution of arrest warrants.
Vehicles and buses in the official residence are also being rearranged.
[Anchor]
Are there many rally participants around the residence at this time?
[Reporter]
Yes, as the second arrest warrant for President Yoon is imminent early today (15th), supporters have already begun to gather yesterday to defend him.
In particular, about 50 supporters sat or lay down in front of the main gate of the residence, saying they would prevent the execution of the warrant with their bodies from 11 p.m. last night.
The police forcibly dispersed all of them around 1 a.m. this morning for violating the Road Traffic Act and have now secured a passageway.
Currently, the police have blocked both communication around the residence in case of a collision.
People's Power Some lawmakers also gathered in front of the official residence.Groups in favor of the impeachment and arrest of President
Yoon also predicted that they would gather in front of their official residence when the arrest warrant is executed, which is expected to attract more people over time.
[Anchor]
The 1st arrest warrant execution on the 3rd eventually failed, what strategies are the police working on today?
[Reporter]
It's a tactic because of one word.
In the first round, when the arrest warrant failed to be executed, the police and the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit mobilized more than 150 investigators, and this time, more than seven times more than 1,000 people plan to come forward.
In addition, at the time of the first execution, it was blocked by the first, second, and third cordons mobilizing the security service vehicles, employees, and military units.
Currently, the car wall is basic, and circular barbed wire and chains are surrounding the official residence in layers.
The police plan to actively collect the evidence in groups of four and arrest the command of the security service that orders the execution of the warrant in order.
Deputy Chief Kim Sung-hoon, who is already acting as the head of the security service, has been issued an arrest warrant for refusing to comply with the police request three times.
If you block the front-line employees, we plan to take out each person and disperse them and escort them.
It is understood that the police also ordered investigators to prepare for a long-term war, saying that even if it takes a few days, it will be executed this time.
I'm YTN Yoon Woong-sung in front of the presidential residence in Hannam-dong, Seoul.
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