Breaking News Cho Dong-bon executes a warrant for President Yoon's arrest...At this time, the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit.

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[Anchor]
Let's connect the legal team reporters at the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit. Youngsoo Kim, reporter Lee Kyung-guk.

[Reporter]
I will continue to report the related news from the high-ranking government official's crime investigation office. We explained the on-site situation about an hour ago. At that time, barricades were set up outside the entrance, and lawyers and members of the People's Power came out. However, the police removed the barricade and proceeded a little further forward. I can see firefighters on the screen. It is believed that there were some injuries. Perhaps when the injured person is transferred, the police are expected to move more quickly. The police bus shown on the screen is carrying detectives from the Criminal Task Force, the reporters found at the scene. As I have told you earlier, the Joint Investigation Headquarters is executing an arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol eight days after the second arrest warrant was issued. Compared to the first time, it moved about two hours faster. In the first round at the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit, we moved around 6 o'clock. It can be said that the arrest warrant was executed about two hours earlier. As I told you earlier, Maebongsan Mountain is surrounded by Maebongsan Mountain, and the news that the career of Maebongsan Mountain's hiking trail is moving has been confirmed at the scene. As I told you earlier, didn't I explain that President Yoon Suk Yeol's lawyers are arriving at the scene? But didn't Seok Dong-hyun, the legal advisor, directly disclose the search warrant of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit? What was it about?

[Reporter]
Yoon's legal advisor Seok Dong-hyun revealed the search warrant issued by the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit today. First of all, the validity period of the warrant is until the 21st. It's about two weeks due because it's the 6th that re-claimed the warrant and the 7th that the warrant was issued. Earlier, the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit did not disclose the warrant deadline because it was confidential, but it was disclosed through lawyer Seok Dong-hyun today. If you look at the warrant, it says it can be executed before sunrise and after sunset. Therefore, it is written that night warrants can be executed. I was very interested in who the judge issued the warrant, but it was confirmed that Shin Han-mi, a senior judge at the Seoul Western District Court, issued the warrant. There is a warrant court in the Seoul Western District Court, one of the two judges. It is presumed that the arrest warrant, which was requested along with the search warrant, was also issued by Chief Judge Shin. Earlier, the first arrest warrant was issued by Senior Judge Lee Soon-hyung, who is also in the exclusive court of warrant. If you look at the contents a little more, the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit stated in the search warrant that the places needed to be searched were official residences, private houses, and safe houses. And the reason was explained in detail, but first, it was written that it was difficult to check the movement or current location because the suspect was the incumbent president. Second, the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit wrote in the warrant that it is difficult for President Yoon to be provided with the location of the source station in real time. In addition, it is necessary to obtain a search warrant because it is difficult to secure location tracking data, such as turning off personal cell phones used before serving as presidents. It has been confirmed that the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit emphasized this part. I also looked at the search warrant, and it was confirmed that the details of President Yoon's charges were also written in detail. We will deliver this part once more when it is organized additionally.

[Reporter]
Unlike arrest warrants, search warrants do not know where the arrest target will be, so you can look around several places, so you can look at it as a warrant to search. It can be interpreted that President Yoon Suk Yeol even had in mind the possibility of being in a place other than his official residence when he specified several places on the search target in the joint book. It was found that the police were broadcasting in front of the residence asking for cooperation in the execution of the warrant while continuing to show the on-site screen. You can see it on the right screen at the entrance of the guard post. It is understood that the police are requesting for cooperation in the execution of the warrant over there. It is confirmed that there are broadcasts asking for the door to be opened as well. The screen on the right is outside the official residence. So you can see it right in front of the door. The iron doors are blocked there, and several buses are stacked like bricks in the back. Earlier, several members of the People's Power came out and told them that they had prevented the police from attempting to execute arrest warrants, but the police warned that they could be arrested for obstructing the execution of official duties, and there were some physical fights. Since then, lawmakers of the People's Power have been found to have been moved. So, it is understood that no one has been arrested as a red-handed offender at the scene so far. As I said, there are several cars parked inside the official residence, so inside the entrance, and the police are broadcasting to ask them to move. In the case of the police, they put in a lot of experience today. 54 units of the task force, over 3,000 experiences. About 160 task force buses have been deployed to the site. Can you point out how your career was specifically deployed?

[Reporter]
First of all, 1,000 personnel from the security investigation unit of four regional offices in the Seoul metropolitan area, including Seoul, Gyeonggi-do, and Incheon, and the regional investigation unit will be deployed. In the case of the 3,000 people described above, you can understand that they are police personnel who are deployed to maintain order on the site, and in the case of these 1,000 people, the number of people who actually participate in the execution. You can think of it as a person who cooperates with the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit. About 1,000 people will be put into execution. In the case of about 1,000 people, it is expected that they will be divided into obstacle removal, suppression, arrest, and search. First of all, in the case of the suppression team, it consists mainly of criminal mobilization and drug crime investigations. In the case of the arrest and search team, it was found that bulletproof vests were also provided. There have been many media reports that security officials have been armed with firearms, and they have been confirmed through photos. I think it is a measure that considers safety in consideration of this.

[Reporter]
I told him that the police were broadcasting to ask him to cooperate with the execution of the arrest warrant and to remove the vehicle, but it was confirmed that he would execute an arrest warrant for Kim Sung-hoon, the deputy head of the security service. In the case of Kim Sung-hoon, the deputy head of the security service, because the chief is currently vacant, didn't Park Jong-joon, the head of the security service, express his resignation and investigate the police? He is one of the so-called hardliners. And an arrest warrant was issued because he did not respond to the police summons three times. Once again, I heard that the police will execute a warrant for Kim Sung-hoon, the deputy head of the security service, and that the court issued it and that they are broadcasting to cooperate. The prospect of executing an arrest warrant for the deputy head of the security service continued to emerge. Wasn't there an analysis that it was a strategy to arrest the deputy chief and crack the security service?

[Reporter]
That's right. In the case of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit and the police, they have been pressuring the command of the security service one after another. In particular, in the case of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit, a warning official was also sent on the night of the 12th, but in the case of the command, six people can be specified and punished for obstructing the execution of public affairs. I warned you that you could face several disadvantages afterwards. So did the police. However, the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit and the police have shown positions of different temperatures against employees of the general security service. In the case of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit, the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit said it would not cause legal damage even if the security guards were ordered to prevent the execution of the warrant, and if the police also cooperated, they would take care of the general security officers.

[Reporter]
In the case of Deputy Director Kim Sung-hoon of the Security Service, he is not subject to security by the Security Service. It seems that they are trying to enter the inside after announcing that they will first execute an arrest warrant for Deputy Chief Kim Sung-hoon. In the case of Kim Sung-hoon, the deputy head of the security service, it can be understood that the execution of an arrest warrant against him is first because he is not subject to the security of the security service. Isn't one of the strategies for the police to pressure the bodyguard to book and investigate the head of the bodyguard? As explained earlier, Chief Park Jong-joon was investigated three times in response to the third summons notice. The fact that he submitted his resignation was also disclosed. Deputy Director Kim Sung-hoon did not respond to the summons three times. That's why an arrest warrant has been issued. Lee Kwang-woo, head of the bodyguard division, also did not respond to the third summons. In addition, Kim Shin, the head of the family, is also classified as a hardliner, but it has been confirmed that he did not respond to the first summons. Didn't the joint investigation headquarters set up by the police and security services make various efforts to prevent conflicts earlier? What kind of efforts have you made?

[Reporter]
It was the 14th. There was a three-way meeting yesterday, and the police proposed a meeting with the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit and the Security Service ahead of the execution of the second warrant. In order to minimize the conflict when executing the second arrest warrant, the three parties gathered and held a meeting. However, it ended without results, only checking the difference in entrance. Later, the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit reaffirmed that the third meeting ended meaninglessly, saying that the warrant execution policy remained unchanged.

[Reporter]
I'm showing you the screen on the side of the entrance, and it would be nice if you could also show me the screen illuminating the entrance inside the official residence. There is now news that the police are moving the ladder to the side where the main gate of the guard post is located. It's not even showing on this screen. You can see the security guards standing at the front gate. Below that, several buses are blocking the entrance. That's why it's actually difficult to pull out unless a large crane comes, so we can assume that you use a ladder to go over the entrance to the official residence. As I told you earlier, I also told you that some experiences are entering the official residence through the Maebongsan Mountain trail behind the official residence. Earlier, reporter Lee Kyung-guk told me about the three-way meeting. Didn't the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit even send an official letter of cooperation before that?

[Reporter]
That's right. It was the night of the 12th. I sent an official letter asking for cooperation from the Ministry of National Defense and the Security Agency. I sent an official letter to six heads of my department to the security service. It contains information that it can be punished for obstructing the execution of special public affairs. It also includes the possibility of losing civil service qualifications or restricting pension receipt. This content is aimed at the command. He also stressed to employees of the general security service that even if they do not comply with the illegal order of the superiors, there will be no legal damage from the failure to comply with the order, such as the crime of abandonment of duty. And I told you that the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit sent an official letter to the Ministry of National Defense along with the security service, because 33 military police and 55 guard units have been dispatched. The Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit also reiterated to the Ministry of National Defense that if military personnel interfere with the execution of warrants, they can be punished, such as obstructing the execution of special officials, and there is a possibility of claiming damages and state compensation. Subsequently, the Ministry of National Defense sent an official letter asking for preliminary measures to avoid being disadvantaged.

[Reporter]
The police have used a lot of such strategies to pressure the security service since the execution of the first arrest warrant was canceled. We've been speeding up the investigation of the security department leadership. An arrest warrant has been issued and an arrest warrant has been issued for Kim Sung-hoon, the deputy head of the security service, to be executed. However, President Yoon Suk Yeol's side has shown internal crackdowns by the security service. Some media reports came out and lawyer Yoon Gap-geun actually confirmed some of them, but lawyer Yoon Gap-geun gathered the security officials at around 8:30 p.m. on the 13th and said various things. Perhaps he talked about how to respond to the imminent execution of an arrest warrant, but he said that he could not come in as a group because of the fence, but individual security agents could also arrest the police. It has also been confirmed that the lawyers and the bodyguards should be a value community. This was also confirmed by a report from Representative Yoon Gun-young. It looks like a security guard vehicle to show you on the screen. I think it can be presumed to be a security guard vehicle that usually travels with the president when he moves. I was caught busily moving inside the official residence. So far, it has not been determined what kind of barrier this is to form or whether the president is moving inside the residence. However, in the case of that vehicle, it can be presumed to be a vehicle that protects the president when he travels in a normal car. They were seen moving on the road inside the official residence. Reporter Lee Kyung-guk, if an arrest warrant is executed and the president of Yoon Suk Yeol is arrested, what will happen to the next process?

[Reporter]
Once you execute an arrest warrant, you must first notify the Miranda Principles. It is also expected to explain the specific reason for the arrest. After President Yoon's arrest, he is expected to move to the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit and conduct a high-intensity investigation. The distance from the official residence in Hannam-dong, Yongsan, Seoul, to the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit is about 17 to 18 kilometers. If there is no traffic jam, it will be very volatile considering the current road control and the situation where many people are gathered in front of the official residence. I think I can explain the measures such as inches and detention after arrest. We will organize it additionally in the next time.

[Reporter]
In front of the guard post, I even told you that they were trying to enter using a ladder. Inside the official residence, we delivered on-site footage of vehicles believed to be used for security moving busily. So far, the airlift has informed you.