Cooperation Agency arrested Yoon Suk Yeol's president...At this time, the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit.

[Anchor]
Next, our reporters are at the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit.

I'll connect with a reporter and look at the situation so far. Youngsoo Kim, reporter Lee Kyung-guk, please come out.

[Reporter]
I will continue to report on the execution of an arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol by the Criminal Investigation Office for high-ranking government officials.

To give you a brief overview, the Joint Investigation Headquarters said it executed an arrest warrant for President Yoon at 10:33 a.m. today.

And at around 10:40, several security guards vehicles were seen departing from the official residence.

In less than 20 minutes, security services vehicles were spotted entering the airlift.

It's going out to the screen right now, but the vehicle that President Yoon is in went inside this screen, so it wasn't captured much by the reporters' cameras.

President Yoon Suk Yeol attended the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit. The investigation is expected to proceed.

Earlier, the president himself distributed the statement.

I decided to attend the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit. However, he said he does not admit the investigation by the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit.

He explained that following illegal and invalid procedures is to prevent unsavoury bloodshed.

Now that we have arrived at the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit, I think the investigation will proceed, so could reporter Lee Kyung-guk explain the process in the future?

[Reporter]
First of all, President Yoon's Gwacheon Government Complex 5 has arrived at the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit.

It is expected to be investigated in the investigation room on the third floor of the building where the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit is located.

First of all, if you look at the manpower sent from the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit, Lee Dae-hwan and Cha Jung-hyun will be put in.

In addition, it was confirmed that Lee Jae-seung, deputy director of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit, participated in the investigation.

And it has been confirmed that lawyers Kim Hong-il and Yoon Gap-geun are scheduled to be present on President Yoon's side.

The Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit has currently prepared more than 200 pages of questionnaires.

In particular, the data has been steadily reinforced based on the data received from the prosecution and the indictment.

However, as President Yoon clearly stated in his statement that he does not recognize the investigation by the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit, there seems to be a greater possibility that he will exercise his right to remain silent for now.

I will explain in more detail the investigation room where President Yoon is investigated today.

First of all, it is the size of a general inspection room.

Video recording equipment is available.

However, only when President Yoon agrees, the investigation will remain in video and audio.

President Yoon and his lawyer will sit inside the investigation room.

On the other side, prosecutors from the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit will be seated.

And as high-intensity investigations are expected, there is a resting area opposite the video investigation room.

It has been confirmed that sofas and tables are prepared.

And the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit said it will hold a briefing on the arrest of President Yoon at around 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. today.

It is expected that the future policy, such as how to proceed with the investigation, will be confirmed through a briefing.

[Reporter]
If you look at President Yoon Suk Yeol's position, it contains most of the claims made by the defense.

The biggest part is that the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit does not have the right to investigate the crime of rebellion, and lawyers have also been focusing on this.

According to the Corruption Investigations Unit Act, the targets and crimes that the Corruption Investigations Unit can investigate are specified, but this does not include rebellion, although the president is the subject of investigation.

Based on this, lawyers have emphasized that the investigation by the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit is an illegal investigation and that the arrest warrant is also an illegal arrest warrant.

Reporter Lee Kyung-guk, what will happen after the investigation into President Yoon Suk Yeol?

[Reporter]
For now, as is well known, the arrest deadline is 48 hours.

The investigative agency must request an arrest warrant within 48 hours after securing the recruits. It's expected to be charged.

Otherwise, it's a situation that has to be released.

As the arrest warrant has been executed, the prevailing observation is that the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit will actually go in the process of requesting an arrest warrant.

However, it seems necessary to determine the extent to which the investigation will be conducted, whether it will be conducted only once, or whether it will be called in more.

However, since he is an incumbent president, he is expected to try to grasp the relevant information as much as possible during the investigation process.

If the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit requests an arrest warrant for President Yoon, the court will schedule an investigation into the validity of the warrant and an arrest warrant.

The court's judgment is expected to decide whether to arrest President Yoon Suk Yeol or not.

Of course, whether or not an arrest warrant is issued.

In addition, as the court decides to issue or dismiss it, attention is being paid to what reasons it will be based on.

[Reporter]
As you mentioned earlier in the studio, the impeachment hearing of the president of Yoon Suk Yeol is scheduled for tomorrow.

President Yoon Suk Yeol was not present on the first anniversary, so it ended in four minutes.

There is a possibility that he will attend tomorrow.

In this case, I think the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit will be able to judge that there is not enough time to investigate.

However, if President Yoon exercises his right to remain silent as expected, it may not be affected much.

Reporter Lee Kyung-guk, then let's take a look at the legal content of President Yoon's allegations.

[Reporter]
First of all, President Yoon is suspected of rebellion.

The crime of rebellion under Article 87 of the Criminal Code is divided into three categories: the head, the work of important duties, and those involved.

The head could be sentenced to death or life imprisonment or life imprisonment.

Participation in the plot, commanding, and important duties can be sentenced to death or life imprisonment for more than five years.

Today, President Yoon's lawyer Seok Dong-hyun disclosed the search warrant to the media, and the charges of President Yoon were also confirmed in this search warrant.

It has been confirmed that the charge of the head of a rebellion, that is, the charge of a rebellion was applied.

The incumbent president has the privilege of fluoridation, but civil war and foreign exchange crimes are exceptions.

[Reporter]
Today, we told you that the advance team is coming to the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit and is conducting a security check, but it is expected that President Yoon's movement has been planned in detail.

It seemed like President Yoon was trying to minimize his exposure.

There is a main gate and another back door at the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit, and many reporters were gathered at the main gate.

I was also preparing the so-called photo line, but there was a situation where reporters chased it as the security service vehicles went toward the back gate. Reporter Lee Kyung-guk pointed out the legal charges against President

Yoon, and I'll point out the facts.

From the time martial law was declared, President Yoon Suk Yeol declared an emergency martial law at 10:29 p.m. on December 3.

And after midnight, the National Assembly passed a resolution to lift martial law at 1:02 a.m.

At 5:40 a.m. on the same day, martial law was lifted.

On the same afternoon, the opposition filed an impeachment motion against Yoon Suk Yeol's president.

And at 8:31 a.m. on the 5th, former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun's dismissal was approved by President Yoon Suk Yeol himself.

I think I can point it out like this.

Reporter Lee Kyung-guk, one of the most important things about President Yoon's allegations is that he tried to occupy and paralyze the National Assembly, and that he ran an arrest team, right?

[Reporter]
First of all, former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun was indicted earlier, and the prosecution issued an explanatory document.

The data contained details of the military officials' instructions. First of all, it was confirmed that the decree was partially revised by President Yoon after former Minister Kim Yong-hyun drafted it.

According to the prosecution's investigation, President Yoon called Lee Jin-woo, commander of the water defense command, during the martial law crisis, and ordered him to pull out the lawmakers even if he shot him or broke the door.

In addition, the investigation results also included the fact that martial law should be declared twice or three times.

In addition, the results of the investigation also showed that he called Police Commissioner Jo Ji-ho and ordered, "Arrest all lawmakers who want to enter the National Assembly."

However, President Yoon's lawyers have taken the position that it does not make sense, which is groundless.

[Reporter]
President Yoon Suk Yeol's lawyer has previously stated that the execution of the first arrest warrant was canceled and the second arrest warrant was issued, but rather prosecute or seek an arrest warrant.

If so, he said he would comply with the court trial, but he also confirmed at the time that it was the intention of President Yoon Suk Yeol. The background of this argument was that the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit had no basis for investigating the crime of rebellion.

However, there was an analysis in the legal profession that it was a strategy to avoid arrest.

In the end, President Yoon Suk Yeol explained that he would respond to the arrest to prevent bloodshed, and the investigation is expected to take place shortly after arriving at the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit.

Could you please point out the investigation process again?

[Reporter] As we arrived at the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit
Yoon, I think the biggest interest will be how the investigation will proceed afterwards.

Once again, let's predict how the investigation will proceed.

First of all, there are five buildings of Gwacheon Government Complex. It's a building with a public transportation office.

President Yoon's investigation is expected to take place in the investigation room on the third floor. Chief Prosecutor Lee Dae-hwan and Chief Prosecutor Cha Jung-hyun will be deployed at the

priority airlift.

What is peculiar is that Lee Jae-seung, deputy director of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit, has been confirmed to participate in the investigation. It has been confirmed that lawyers Kim Hong-il and Yoon Gap-geun will be present on the side of President

Yoon.

First of all, the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit has prepared a vast amount of questionnaires over 200 pages.

The Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit has been steadily reinforcing the questionnaire with materials received from the prosecution and indictments secured as key figures were handed over to trial.

However, as President Yoon himself expressed his position that he does not recognize the investigation into the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit, there is a high possibility that he will exercise his right to remain silent during the investigation.

[Reporter]
To briefly point out the process of executing the second arrest warrant today, a vehicle from the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit arrived at the presidential residence at around 4:40.

I think it took about 4 hours, 3 and a half hours to get to the 3rd cordon.

At around 8:23, the main gate of the guard post of the third cordon was opened.

Since then, lawyers have come out, and we have shown the lawyer and the presidential chief of staff Jeong Jin-seok to guide the prosecutors and investigators of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit through the on-site screen.

Afterwards, I even told him that the president of Yoon Suk Yeol attended the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit after consultation.

So far, the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit has delivered it to you. Sangam-dong studio, please come out.