Cooperation Agency is discussing the arrest of President Yoon...At this time, the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit.

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[Anchor]
We're continuing to show you this visual residence on the screen. It is said that the field is discussing how to execute the arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol and its specific measures. The news from the field is that the consultation will take about an hour. If so, let's connect the legal team reporters who are currently at the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit and listen to the situation on the ground in detail. Youngsoo Kim, reporter Lee Kyung-guk, please come out.

[Reporter]
I will continue to report the related news from the high-ranking government official's crime investigation office. To summarize the situation so far, it has been found that prosecutors from the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit are currently entering the residence and discussing the execution of arrest warrants. And it was confirmed that the security service requested cooperation to strengthen security checks to the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit. It was found that the vehicle that left the security office also arrived at the airborne office and was active. Didn't you just make a meeting to explain to reporters at the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit? What's explained?

[Reporter]
At around 9 a.m., the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit urgently held a briefing. First of all, he explained that there were no presidential security officials preventing the execution of the second warrant today. He then explained that there were no physical collisions. He then explained that as you said earlier, prosecutors, including senior prosecutors, have entered the residence and are coordinating with President Yoon regarding the execution of arrest warrants.

However, the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit reiterated that the execution of the warrant is the goal and purpose without considering voluntary attendance in the current situation. Subsequently, the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit disclosed that the presidential security office had requested consultation. The Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit explained that there was a request to discuss the search for explosives or the need to empty the building.

Earlier, at the time of the first warrant execution, Chief Prosecutor Lee Dae-hwan and Chief Prosecutor Cha Jung-hyun explained that the prosecutor who will participate in the investigation may change if the warrant is executed and President Yoon is secured.

[Reporter]
Reporters, photographers, and photographers at the site of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit are busy with the prospect that President Yoon Suk Yeol can move to the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit. There are two entrances to the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit building, and many reporters are gathering at the main gate to prepare for President Yoon's attendance. However, it seems that it has not been confirmed yet whether it will enter through the photo line or through the back door, which is usually visited by the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit.

From the investigative agency's point of view, the execution of arrest warrants and voluntary attendance can be very different. If you execute an arrest warrant, you will go through the procedure of requesting an arrest warrant within 48 hours. If so, President Yoon will be reviewed for an arrest warrant while his recruits are arrested.

If the two sides reach an agreement through consultation on voluntary attendance, the investigation time itself will inevitably be reduced. Failure to comply with the nightly investigation could lead the president to go back to his official residence. However, for the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit, it may be burdensome to make an emergency arrest or execute an arrest warrant after completing the investigation. This is because it can be a sudden arrest situation when the investigative agency and the lawyer have discussed the attendance investigation.

However, in the case of the president, the justification may fall in that such consultations began when the execution of the arrest warrant was imminent. Reporter Lee Kyung-guk, so what happens next if an arrest warrant is executed for President Yoon Suk Yeol?

[Reporter]
First of all, in the process of executing an arrest warrant, we must notify the Miranda Principles. And at this time, the reason for the arrest warrant is expected to be explained. Once the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit has secured President Yoon's recruits, it is expected to move directly to the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit. It's about 17-18km from Hannam-dong's official residence to the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit, but when we checked the map earlier, it took about 40 minutes. It reflects the current traffic situation.

[Reporter]
However, considering the traffic conditions, control conditions, and crowds near the official residence, there is a possibility that there will be a little more volatility. I think we also need an explanation of where President Yoon is either inches or detained after his arrest.

First of all, there should be a place to keep the arrested person, but the arrest warrant for President Yoon stipulates that the place to be held is the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit or the police station near the arrest site, and the location of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit is expected to be the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit. After completing the investigation, they are detained, and the place to be detained is the Seoul Detention Center.

After completing the investigation at the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit, he was moved to a detention center and detained. If you are arrested today, it seems that there will be no choice but to continue a high-intensity investigation. After that, it is expected to move back to the Seoul Detention Center.

[Reporter]
This is the right screen, the right screen that is being broadcast, and the front view of the official residence. Vehicles believed to be owned by the security service continue to move. According to the previous explanation of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit, it seems that it has not yet been decided how to escort President Yoon.

First of all, the principle is to escort a vehicle of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit and a prepared vehicle, but since President Yoon Suk Yeol is still an incumbent president, the possibility of moving in a vehicle of the security service cannot be ruled out. And if it takes the form of voluntary attendance, it seems more likely to ride a vehicle from the security service than a convoy.

If an arrest warrant is executed, it seems highly likely to use a vehicle from the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit. If President Yoon comes, wouldn't he be investigated here? How is the investigation room prepared?

[Reporter]
President Yoon will be investigated on the third floor of the Public Offices Building 5 of the Gwacheon Government Complex. The investigation room is the size of a general inspection room. The video recording equipment is ready.

However, only when President Yoon agrees, the investigation will remain in video and audio. President Yoon and his lawyer are expected to sit inside the investigation room, and a prosecutor or investigator from the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit is expected to participate in the investigation. As it can be a long investigation and a high-intensity investigation, there is also a separate resting area with sofas and tables across the video investigation room.

The investigation will be conducted here, and the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit has prepared well over 200 pages of questionnaires. In the first round, it was confirmed that there were about 100 pages of questionnaires, but some people were indicted, and it seems that the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit reinforced the questionnaires based on the data received from the prosecution.

[Reporter]
The consultation process seems to be lengthening. According to the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit, the situation at the site has not yet been identified, but it has not yet been confirmed whether he is consulting with President Yoon face-to-face or with a lawyer.

When the first arrest warrant was executed, he only saw the lawyer and came back, but we need to wait and see what the situation will be like today. If an arrest warrant is executed for President Yoon Suk Yeol, as I mentioned earlier, we have to decide what to do with the arrest within 48 hours.

You have to ask for an arrest warrant. There are a lot of analyses that usually take that step. However, it is necessary for the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit to decide how many times to investigate, one more time, or two or three more times and request an arrest warrant.

The next procedure will be followed by the court's review of the warrant as scheduled. The court's judgment will determine whether or not to be arrested.

This is a majority analysis in the legal profession. It hasn't been confirmed yet. There are many analyses that if the Yoon Suk Yeol president is secured, he will seek an arrest warrant within the next 48 hours.

Reporter Lee Kyung-guk, then let's look at the specific charges against President Yoon Suk Yeol.

[Reporter]
Yoon is basically accused of rebellion. Article 87 of the Criminal Code: The crime of rebellion is divided into three charges, including the head, important duties, and those involved. The leader could face the death penalty or weapons, weapons in prison. Participation in the plot, commanding, and important duties can be sentenced to death or life imprisonment for more than five years.

Those who are only involved in riots can face up to five years in prison. The charges were also confirmed through President Yoon's search warrant, but President Yoon has been charged with a rebellion mob and a rebellion leader.

As you know, the incumbent president has the privilege to remove fluoride. However, it does not include civil war and foreign exchange crimes.

[Reporter]
We show you the vehicles that are believed to be owned by the security service continue to move busily and move busily inside the official residence through the on-site screen.

In the case of the second arrest warrant execution, we continued to deliver the on-site screen, but the intensity of resistance was a little weaker than in the first. In fact, it seems that most of the security agents did not stop them. That's what the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit also explained.

However, it took time to overcome the part blocked by the vehicle. Currently, the prosecutor of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit enters the residence and is discussing the execution of the arrest warrant.

You pointed out the president's charges, but haven't there been specific facts that have come out as military officials, including former Minister Kim Yong-hyun, have been indicted? Can you explain that to me?

[Reporter]
That's right. The prosecution confirmed the back-and-forth processes surrounding the specific emergency martial law situation through the indictment of former Minister Kim Yong-hyun and others. First of all, the prosecution investigation found that President Yoon had thought about emergency martial law since the end of March. In late March and early April, President Yoon mentioned emergency martial law.

[Reporter]
One of the most important of the president's allegations was to paralyze the National Assembly. And don't you think they've started an arrest team for major politicians? Please explain that additionally. [Reporter] The prosecution issued explanatory materials while prosecuting former Minister Kim Yong-hyun.

It actually contained what the military officials were instructed to do. First of all, it was found that the decree was partially revised by President Yoon after former Minister Kim Yong-hyun drafted it. And the prosecution's investigation also confirmed that President Yoon called Lee Jin-woo, commander of the water defense command, and ordered him to break the door and pull out lawmakers even if he shot him during the martial law incident, and that he could declare martial law twice or three times.

Also, call Police Commissioner Jo Ji-ho and arrest all lawmakers who want to enter the National Assembly. It also said that it violated the declaration of the lawmakers and ordered them to be arrested, but President Yoon denied this.

[Reporter]
Security service vehicles appear to be preparing for President Yoon Suk Yeol's move. As explained earlier, military officials, including former Minister Kim Yong-hyun, have been indicted. Police leaders, Police Commissioner Jo Ji-ho, and former Seoul Metropolitan Police Commissioner Kim Bong-sik were also indicted.

It took quite a long time for the arrest warrant to be executed like this. It was on the night of December 29th of last month that the Joint Investigation Headquarters requested the first arrest warrant. In other words, it will be midnight on the 30th. The reason why Gong Dong-bon requested an arrest warrant was because he refused to comply with the third summons.

Therefore, the execution of the first arrest warrant went back to nothing, and the second arrest warrant is being executed today, and specifically, we are now coordinating whether to voluntarily attend or execute the arrest warrant.