Arrested 43 days after martial law..."I don't accept the investigation of the Airborne Division".

■ Host: anchor Lee Ha-rin, anchor Jeong Jin-hyung
■ Starring: Baek Jong-gyu, social affairs reporter, lawyer Park Sung-bae

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[Anchor]
Related Contents Let's take a look at the contents one by one with Baek Jong-kyu, a reporter from the Ministry of Social Affairs, and Park Sung-bae, a lawyer. Welcome, two of you.

Since 11 a.m., the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit has been investigating the president, so how far has the situation gone?

[Reporter]
President Yoon Suk Yeol is now known to be exercising his right to refuse to make statements. The investigation began around 11 o'clock last time today. It is known that the video recording investigation room refused, saying that it would not record the video. In the morning survey, which lasted about two and a half hours from 1:40 p.m., Deputy Prosecutor Lee Jae-seung asked the question, but President Yoon did not answer at all. In the afternoon, an investigation is being conducted. Is it from 2:40? The investigation is underway, and it is known that they are still exercising their right to refuse to make statements.

[Anchor]
I'm exercising my right to refuse to make a statement and I opposed the video recording, I summarized this, but what happens in the trial? Do I have to say that I'm at a disadvantage?

[Park Sung-bae]
In some cases, the exercise of the right to refuse to state is advantageous and in some cases disadvantageous. In an advantageous case, it can be said that the exercise of the right to refuse to make a statement is advantageous at the stage of starting the investigation through the suspect's statement in a situation where the investigative agency has not actually secured the relevant evidence. However, if the investigative agency exercises the right to refuse to make a statement without any evidence, it could be very disadvantageous in the future sentencing. In this case, President Yoon seems to have decided that there is no need to respond at this stage because the request for an arrest warrant or prosecution is self-evident anyway. If you request an arrest warrant, you will actively fight at the actual examination stage of the arrest warrant, and if you prosecute, you will be able to read and copy the investigation records after the prosecution, so you will respond after grasping the relevant records.

[Anchor]
However, some predicted that since President Yoon himself is a legal expert, he will set up a good defense logic accordingly, but is that not true?

[Park Sung-bae]
Even if we have fully consulted with lawyers who have such a plan in their head, it seems that the interrogation itself of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit will not respond unless the investigation of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit breaks its position that it is illegal. If even one statement is made, not only can it be a form of acknowledging the investigation of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit, but it seems that the investigation is being conducted very carefully because it is difficult to overturn the statement later when the relevant records are not identified prematurely.

[Anchor]
Let's talk about the right to refuse to make a statement in a little more detail later. The picture I'm showing you now, the president's arrival at the airborne office was captured. Actually, I covered up the exposure as much as possible. I think that building is a temporary building, but I don't know if it was a temporary building or a building that was originally there, but as the car went into it, it was virtually not exposed to the reporters' cameras. Has this been coordinated in advance?

[Park Sung-bae]
It's likely that it's been coordinated in advance. Although the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit executes arrest warrants, it is highly likely that they negotiated that sufficient security and courtesy are guaranteed at the request of the security service. In fact, the establishment of a photo line is not a measure of an investigative agency, and according to the public information rules, it is necessary to refrain from exposing the suspect to appearance as much as possible. In addition, according to the Security Act, the president seems to have taken measures not to expose him to appear at investigative agencies as much as possible while setting up related walls. In fact, the appearance of an incumbent president at an investigative agency is an unprecedented scene in the history of the Constitution.Ma seems to have minimized exposure to the appearance according to the relevant security measures.

[Anchor]
The right to refuse to make a statement should be regarded as the authority given to the suspect, right?

[Park Sung-bae]
It can be said that it is the right of the suspect to exercise as much as he wants. The right to refuse to make a statement can be exercised at the investigation stage and can be fully exercised at the defendant stage after the prosecution is filed. If the right to refuse to make a statement is exercised, can the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit do nothing? I'm afraid not. The Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit has already prepared more than 200 pages of questionnaire documents, and even if you are a felony suspect, the questionnaire itself usually exceeds 40 pages. The fact that more than 200 pages of questionnaire documents have been prepared goes beyond the fact that they have prepared a lot, and there are quite a few people already arrested and charged in connection with this case.

After the prosecution's arrest and indictment, it seems that it provided sufficient records of related cases to the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit and prepared a lot of related questions based on those records. Even if President Yoon exercises his right to refuse statements, all of these 200 pages of questions should be asked. In other words, ask one question and veto the statement. Ask a question and exercise the right to refuse to make a statement, and you have to write them all down one by one.

[Anchor]
I have to read all the 200 pages of questionnaires, right?

[Park Sung-bae]
That's right. Not only is it unclear whether to exercise all vetoes, but the attitude of the suspect in the initial investigation itself has a significant impact on future trials, so the prosecutor of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit should ask each question, and if the suspect exercises all of his right to refuse to state, he or she should write down all of his or her right to refuse to state each question one by one. Even if this time does not answer, it is expected to take a considerable amount of time.

[Anchor]
How long will it take?

[Park Sung-bae]
Even if the right to refuse to make a statement is exercised, the investigation is expected to continue for at least half a day and all day today.

[Anchor]
By the way, can the Yoon Suk Yeol's lawyers request it and receive it after this investigation is completed?

[Park Sung-bae]
The suspect's interrogation report can be viewed and copied by the suspect through information disclosure. If the statement left in the statement itself or the statement of a third party is not included in the process of making the statement, if the statement of the third party is included, the information is covered and disclosed, otherwise, the suspect's interrogation report can be secured by requesting information disclosure at the request of the suspect.

[Anchor]
I was also interested in handcuffs, but I don't think I did.

[Park Sung-bae]
These handcuffs can only be used under the Police Officer's Duty Execution Act. It can be used only for the purpose of arresting a felony suspect, restraining or preventing harm, and in that case, it can only be used if the need is recognized. In this case, if the current president's arrest warrant is successful, there is no need to handcuff him. It is also a courtesy measure, and if President Yoon does not fiercely protest at the scene of the execution of the arrest warrant, I expect that measures such as handcuffing would have been excluded in advance.

[Anchor]
The president of Yoon Suk Yeol today expressed his position on the arrest. Let's listen to the related recording first.

[Seok Dong-hyun / Yoon Suk Yeol Presidential Legal Adviser: The reason why the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit decided to appear was that the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit executed an arrest warrant, but the President decided to attend voluntarily this morning, so it went ahead without conflict with the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit. Even from the stage of requesting an arrest warrant, I strongly urge you to follow legitimate legal procedures, such as filing a claim with the Seoul Central District Court, not the Western District Court, where the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit has no jurisdiction. ]

[Anchor]
We've heard a lot about the jurisdiction of the court, but I heard there were many other things besides this interview.

[Reporter]
President Yoon Suk Yeol's lawyer said that the execution of arrest warrants by the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit is clearly illegal. But I said again that I don't consider arresting pride. The meaning of this word is that the lawyer said this. I talked about voluntary attendance. In fact, the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit executed an arrest warrant today, and the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit is investigating President Yoon Suk Yeol through a forced investigation method. However, the president of Yoon Suk Yeol is now using the word attendance. Therefore, I think we should accept it like this because we cannot admit that we have been arrested by the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit.

Lawyer Seok Dong-hyun talked about something else earlier. The Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit does not have the authority to investigate rebellion, so it is illegal to request a warrant in the Western District Court. I said, "Go to the Central District Court." It's a comprehensive and repetitive story of what I've said so far. I talked about what the President of Yoon Suk Yeol said this morning and what he said through social media before that and through a press conference today. You can see it like this.

[Anchor]
In addition, the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit also claimed that the Central District Court should seek an arrest warrant, so how did you hear it, lawyer?

[Park Sung-bae]
In practice, we request an arrest warrant from the court that issued the arrest warrant. Accordingly, if the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit requests an arrest warrant, it is highly likely to request it to the Western District Court. However, it is not illegal to file a claim with the Central District Court. All of the civilians involved in the case have been indicted by the prosecution in the Central District Court. Courts that have jurisdiction over some accomplices have jurisdiction over all accomplices. In other words, as long as the Central District Court has jurisdiction over President Yoon, it can be said that it is not illegal to request a warrant from the stage of requesting an arrest warrant. It can be said that it is up to the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit to choose which one to choose.

However, President Yoon's side said it does not consider arresting pride, which seems to have hidden implications. In fact, if an arrest suit is requested, the investigative agency must request an arrest warrant within 48 hours from the execution of the arrest warrant. However, if an arrest suit is filed, the court must go through the process of receiving and hearing the investigation records and evidence and returning them. As such, the time to receive and return investigation records and evidence is not included within these 48 hours.

[Anchor]
So it could be extended more?

[Park Sung-bae]
That's right. The arrest period is extended by that time. The intention to avoid such a situation seems to be included in this argument.

[Anchor]
In the meantime, the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit had no right to investigate the rebellion, but there was also a controversy over whether the response to the arrest today recognized the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit's right to investigate.

[Park Sung-bae]
The defense used the expression "arbitrary attendance" in this part.Ma deserves to be seen as an execution of an arrest warrant. The essential difference is that if you are a random attendance, you can voluntarily leave at any time even while you are under investigation as a suspect.

[Anchor]
It doesn't count for 48 hours, right?

[Park Sung-bae]
Yes, but in this case, an arrest warrant has been executed, so President Yoon Suk Yeol cannot voluntarily leave while he is under investigation as a suspect. In addition, the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit has scheduled a Seoul Detention Center as a waiting area while the investigation is underway, but depending on the effectiveness of the arrest warrant, they can be detained in the Seoul Detention Center. If an arrest warrant is not executed, there is no basis for detention in any form.

[Anchor]
And lawyer, you may have seen the video statement of President Yoon Suk Yeol released today, but if you look here, he is committing illegal illegal acts. And another thing, he expressed his position that he would attend the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit to protect the legal system. However, in a way, it is still claiming that it is illegal to the competent court. Then, is there such a procedure to raise an objection to this on a legal basis?

[Park Sung-bae]
As long as the arrest warrant has been executed, you can raise an objection through normal procedures from now on. First of all, the objection can be raised through arresting pride. Arrest suitability is a procedure that disputes both the illegality and injustice of an investigation, and you can argue about the overall investigation rights and the illegality of issuing a warrant.

[Anchor]
So what happens if President Yoon Suk Yeol's argument is accepted there? Is it going to be invalid again?

[Park Sung-bae]
Even if you are immediately released from arrest and some investigations have been conducted, the entire investigation record will lose its ability to testify. Furthermore, if an arrest warrant is requested after the arrest suit, it can be argued at the warrant review stage, and after the arrest warrant is actually issued, it can be argued again through an arrest suit. And if you enter the criminal trial stage of the main issue later, you can argue that all related investigations, including the suspect's interrogation report, do not have the right to investigate or that the issuance of the warrant itself is illegal. From now on, it is possible to dispute the illegality of the investigation itself, such as the fact that the right to investigate does not exist at each stage.

[Anchor]
And in order to protect the legal system, I decided to attend the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit. This is the part. In the last impeachment trial of former President Park Geun Hye, the president was dismissed because he was not willing to protect the constitution. Wasn't there a provision like this? In light of those things, are you already making some kind of defense logic, can you see it like this?

[Park Sung-bae]
In fact, it does not appear that he made such a statement with the impeachment trial of the Constitutional Court in mind. However, it seems to be aimed at emphasizing the form of voluntary attendance. In fact, in the course of the execution of the arrest warrant, the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit is It is known that it gave the principle, that is, the gist of the facts of the statute, the reason for the arrest, the ability to appoint a lawyer, and the opportunity to make excuses. Although it is clear that the arrest warrant has been executed, not in fact, but legally, it seems that they are in the process of explaining in their own way the reason for voluntary attendance at this situation. It is also a message to supporters, and it seems to be simultaneously expressing a message that the president cannot respond to the execution of the arrest warrant as long as he has claimed that the investigation by the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit itself is illegal.

[Anchor]
Let's take a closer look at the investigation. The investigation has been conducted since 11 a.m. today, so it's been going on for more than 6 hours at this time, and there was lunch time in the middle, right? While resting like this, it's called a resting space, an inch space. Is it set up in the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit?

[Reporter]
Inch space refers to a place where people are forcibly drawn or attracted and placed for a while, rather than a resting place in the middle of the survey. I'm talking about the waiting area. Today, the Airborne said, "Inch place and detention place are different places." In the case of a place of inches, it is highly likely to be a police station near the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit. Because the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit has to conduct a high-intensity investigation for 48 hours, and it takes too much time to call the president's security service to move to another place and move again. Therefore, it is expected that the place of inches will be a space in the airlift. The detention site is expected to be Seoul Detention Center in Uiwang, Gyeonggi-do.

[Anchor]
I'm showing you the structure of the investigation room graphically, and there's also video recording equipment, and it's a video recording room. You didn't respond to the video recording, did you? You said you wouldn't do it, right?

[Reporter]
That's right. First of all, President Yoon Suk Yeol, who is using the right to refuse to make a statement, said he would not record a video. In the case of video recording, former President Park Geun Hye refused to record the video. And in the case of former President Lee Myung Bak, I agreed. It was used as evidence in court. So, the president has continued to reveal that the investigation by the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit is not appropriate. That's why people keep saying that they can't even admit to receiving the investigation itself, and President Yoon Suk Yeol's representative is also saying that, so it seems that he is refusing all of the investigation procedures.

[Anchor]
We prepared a graphic presentation sitting in front of the president, and Lee Jae-sung, deputy chief of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit, is in charge of the first investigation, who is he?

[Reporter]
In the morning, Lee Jae-seung, deputy head of the airborne department, conducted the investigation himself. Initially, it was predicted that Cha Jung-hyun, the senior prosecutor, would investigate, but considering the seriousness of the current presidential case, the deputy chief seems to have started the investigation himself. Deputy Director Lee Jae-seung, a former prosecutor, is 30 years old at the Judicial Research and Training Institute. It is said to be seven riders below President Yoon. The president's lawyers are Kim Hong-il and Yoon Gap-geun. All of the lawyers are representative violent and special prosecutors while serving as prosecutors. Some predicted that prior to the investigation, the meeting would take place with Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Officer Oh Dong-woon and President Yoon, but he also said that there was no such time today.

[Anchor]
What does this mean, lawyer, that there was no tee time? Do you usually have all the tea time?

[Park Sung-bae]
That's not true. In the case of ordinary suspects, it is rare to have a tee time first, but there are cases where they have a tee time when the case itself is complicated or the investigative agency needs to persuade the suspect. However, in the case of former President Park Geun Hye or former President Lee Myung Bak's investigation, the head or deputy head of the investigative agency first took a tee time to explain the method and direction of the investigation and then proceeded with the interrogation of the suspect. As a sitting president, I anticipated that there would be a tee time like this before the interrogation of the suspect against President Yoon Suk Yeol.Ma unexpectedly didn't have a tee time.

[Anchor]
In what sense should I look at it? There was no courtesy, can I look at it like this?

[Park Sung-bae]
It seems inappropriate to interpret it like that, and there have been quite a lot of war of nerves and scuffles between the two sides over the execution of arrest warrants. Not only does it appear to be a sign that there has not been enough mutual cooperation to have tea time, but there are quite a few questions to be asked. As the questionnaire itself is more than 200 pages long, the number of questions itself is expected to exceed 1,000, but it seems that the questionnaire was immediately entered into the suspect's interrogation report without a tee time as it was too much time to finish the question.

[Anchor]
We're showing you today's warrant execution on the screen. It seems that the part we emphasized now is Cha Jung-hyun, the 4th director of the investigation department of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit. Cha Jung-hyun, head of the 4th investigation department, will also be investigating, so please explain the history of the prosecutors who participated in the investigation now.

[Reporter]
In the case of prosecutor Lee Dae-hwan, he was appointed as a prosecutor of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit in October 2021. And now he is in charge of the 4th investigation department. It is said that they have been put into the investigation team of the accused owner. He is now playing a key role in the investigation into the president of Yoon Suk Yeol. It is known that he is in charge of the investigation of President Yoon along with Cha Jung-hyun, the 4th director of the investigation. In the case of prosecutor Cha Jung-hyun, it is known that the special prosecutor's office was in charge of inspecting the irregularities of the president's relatives from 2015 to 2018.

[Anchor]
He is said to have commanded the scene today.

[Reporter]
That's right. First of all, prosecutor Cha Jung-hyun is known to be a prosecutor who emphasizes blocking any external pressure or interference and protecting the independence of the prosecutor, and prosecutor Cha Jung-hyun is known to launch a presidential investigation for a fair investigation.

[Anchor]
The first investigation is Deputy Director Lee Jae-seung, and the third investigation is Lee Dae-hwan. So, the investigation began at 11 o'clock, so after a certain period of time, the investigator will probably change, and Cha Jung-hyun, the head of the investigation department, will also start the investigation. Who will enter this investigation room on the part of President Yoon Suk Yeol?

[Park Sung-bae]
There is also a possibility that several lawyers, including lawyer Yoon Gap-geun, will take turns entering the investigation room or several lawyers will join at the same time. Depending on the situation, there is usually one lawyer present.There is no basis for the investigative agency to refuse the presence of the two lawyers themselves. Even if President Yoon exercises his right to refuse to make a statement in the course of the investigation, several lawyers are not expected to be excluded from the attendance even in the form of a shift, as there is a possibility that the investigative agency may ask a rather coercive question depending on the situation.

[Anchor]
Isn't the investigation room small?

[Park Sung-bae]
It's usually small. However, the investigation office of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit is known to be not small, and the video recording room is right next door.Ma is known to have enough space for the investigation and the video recording room. In particular, in the case of video recording, the reference person must agree to proceed with the video recording, but the suspect can proceed with the video recording regardless of the consent of the party. It's enough to just give notice of the video recording, but in this case, it seems that the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit is proceeding with the newspaper without notice of the video recording, judging that there is no need to record the video when President Yoon refuses to comply with the video recording.

[Anchor]
For now, lawyers Yoon Gap-geun, Kim Hong-il, and Song Hae-yoon are mentioned as lawyers, but they submitted a lawyer's appointment in relation to the investigation of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit, and there were 4 people in that appointment. Lawyer Bae Bo-yoon, Yoon Gap-geun. Can I join today?

[Park Sung-bae]
You can join while submitting a lawyer appointment on the spot. Unless you are a pre-designated lawyer, you can join as many times as you want if you reveal that you came to join the field and submit an appointment of a lawyer on the spot.

[Reporter]
The Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit also talked about similar things. So far today, four presidential lawyers have submitted appointments. The Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit also confirmed that one by one is attending the investigation and defending.

[Anchor]
I wonder how and how President Yoon, who has been conducting a big investigation for decades, will be conducting the investigation. Is it possible to conduct a nightly investigation into President Yoon?

[Reporter]
First of all, it seems possible to conduct a night survey. According to what the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit said in a briefing earlier, a late-night investigation will continue once it passes 9 p.m. If there are emergency reasons such as requesting an arrest warrant, a late-night investigation is possible, but so far, it has not been decided whether to conduct a late-night investigation or not. So, depending on the situation, there is a possibility that the president of Yoon Suk Yeol will be investigated at night and then moved to a detention center. This has been confirmed as well.

[Anchor]
You don't usually respond, do you?

[Park Sung-bae]
According to the rules of investigation by prosecutors and judicial police officers, investigations from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. are called late-night investigations, but late-night investigations are prohibited in principle. However, if the suspect makes a request because it is difficult to re-attend, or if it is necessary to determine whether an arrest warrant is requested within 48 hours after the arrest, a late-night investigation can be carried out. And even if you conduct an investigation, the time you can conduct an investigation per day does not exceed 12 hours, including breaks. Even in this case, it may exceed 12 hours to determine whether an arrest warrant is requested, but since a large number of questions are scheduled, there seems to be an announcement from the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit to the effect that a night investigation is inevitable. However, even if the investigation is conducted, a break of more than 10 minutes should be given every two hours of each investigation, but there are no exceptions in this regard.

[Anchor]
At this time, we are showing the scene where the Gwacheon Government Complex and the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit are investigating, and there is also news that the number of people who appear to be supporters of President Yoon Suk Yeol is increasing. By the way, lawyer, in order for the crime of rebellion to be established, the purpose of the national constitution must be proved, so how can this be proved? So hasn't an arrest warrant been issued for the head of an insurrection? However, if found guilty, the death penalty, life imprisonment, and life imprisonment. So it's a very heavy crime. I don't think it's going to be easy to prove this, so how do you predict it?

[Park Sung-bae]
Declaring emergency martial law is the president's sole authority. If the emergency decree was used for criminal purposes, it would be quite difficult for the president to be free from that responsibility. First of all, in the process of starting the investigation, we will check the circumstances and requirements of the declaration of emergency martial law, and further check whether there was an attempt to block the National Assembly and take control of the NEC. However, in this case, the investigation into those involved has been accelerated considerably, and all nine people who have already been arrested are being prosecuted in the military court and the Central District Court. It seems that the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit has already received various evidence from the prosecution, military prosecution, and police, including the investigation of the suspect as well as the statement of the witness involved. In this case, similar statements related to the blockade of the National Assembly by the command and on-site practitioners are repeated, and in particular, the commander of the special forces, the former deputy chief of the National Intelligence Service, the commander of the National Police Agency, and the chief of the National Police Agency are commonly instructing the president to block the National Assembly directly. In addition, in addition to statements made by those involved, memos have been released or SNS messages have been found in connection with the arrest of major politicians, and a notebook of former intelligence commander Roh Sang-won has been found. The identification of the actual relationship of the matter has been done to a large extent, and at this stage, the key issue in the investigation of this case is how much President Yoon ordered and was involved. Basically, the declaration of emergency martial law itself is the president's own authority, so he cannot be free from responsibility.The core of this case is to reveal whether the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit is involved based on sufficient evidence.

[Anchor]
Police and prosecutors have already booked many suspects and handed them over to trial. In this situation, if President Yoon continues to exercise his right to refuse to make statements today, would there be no problem in prosecuting him immediately without securing his statement?

[Park Sung-bae]
Even if the right to refuse to make a statement is exercised, prosecution is inevitable. As long as those involved state the circumstances of President Yoon's involvement in a broad and common way, prosecution is inevitable, and if they exercise the right to refuse to state, they will proceed with the suspect's interrogation after the arrest warrant is issued once again. The Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit can be arrested for the longest period of 20 days, but it is premised on the issuance of an arrest warrant. However, even if they can be arrested for 20 days, the case must be sent to the prosecution for prosecution in this case. However, prosecutors must also have enough time to check the investigation records for prosecution.

[Anchor]
Then, in the end, the contents of someone else's indictment will be referred to as a reference.

[Park Sung-bae]
That's right. Usually, when the police arrest the case, the prosecution is given an additional 20 days to arrest the case when it is sent to the prosecution, but since the prosecutor of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit is also a prosecutor, the case sent by the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit to the prosecution is not given a separate 10 to 20 days of detention. All procedures should be completed within 20 days for the prosecutor of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit to be arrested, but accordingly, the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit and the prosecution have consulted in advance.

And out of the 20 days of the arrest, 10 days will be used by the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit and the remaining 10 days will be used by the prosecution. If an arrest warrant is issued, the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit will once again attempt to interrogate the suspect, and if it continues to exercise the right to refuse to make statements, it is likely that the prosecution will try to interrogate President Yoon again.

[Anchor]
Reporter Baek, it looks like President Yoon Suk Yeol is going to be detained in Seoul Detention Center when he completes his investigation today, so where exactly is the detention center? Is there an exact location?

[Reporter]
This is the Seoul Detention Center in Uiwang, Gyeonggi-do. First of all, the bodyguard is expected to protect the incumbent president, who is a bodyguard, from moving to the Seoul Detention Center. It's an unprecedented arrest and detention of a sitting president, so I'm sure the security has never experienced anything like this. So, we will investigate again, but there is a possibility that the security target may search in advance or look at the location of the detention center before entering the Seoul Detention Center. In general places, security personnel enter according to the Security Act to check whether there are harmful facilities or harmful facilities, and then the security target moves to the place. However, as a prediction came out a while ago, the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit has to complete the investigation for a short period of 48 hours, and President Yoon is rejecting the forced investigation method of arrest or detention. So there is a possibility that one side will not move to a detention center after the investigation.

[Anchor]
What happens then?

[Reporter]
First of all, there are observations that you can continue to be investigated or rest in a resting place. However, I think this is a part that needs to be checked again. If the investigation is prolonged, the suspect will be detained in the Seoul Detention Center until the warrant is reviewed. Former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun was also arrested by the prosecution on the 8th of last month and stayed in the suspect's residence, waiting for the warrant to be reviewed.

[Anchor]
Kim Sung-hoon, who serves as the head of the security service, thought an arrest warrant would be gathered today, but he will be investigated later. I'm not arrested today for an appointment. I meant to protect the president until the end, but can the security guard go into the detention center for a while for security purposes?

[Park Sung-bae]
It's hard to make a hasty decision because it's unprecedented. According to the Security Act, the chief of security can designate a security zone if necessary for security, and check and access control are possible in this space. However, it bears the obligation to designate a security zone to the minimum extent. Depending on the situation, there is a possibility that the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit or the Seoul Detention Center will be designated as a security zone, but it is difficult to predict whether security guards can enter the detention center. In fact, as the incumbent president, it cannot rule out the possibility that a security guard employee will enter the detention center while working in shifts and work near the president. Even so, in any case, it seems that prior consultations with the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit or the Seoul Detention Center should be made sufficiently.

[Anchor]
But if you listen to reporter Baek's story earlier, he said he may not move to a detention center. Then, if you look at the airborne office right now, it's said earlier that there's also a lounge, so how does this 48-hour schedule work? Is there a set sleeping time when the survey is conducted? How many hours of waiting time and such things are guaranteed in advance, is this guaranteed?

[Park Sung-bae]
In fact, since it is necessary to decide whether to request an arrest warrant within 48 hours after the execution of the arrest warrant, the investigative agency cannot exceed the total 12 hours of investigation as the state of granting a 10-minute break after the two-hour investigation is repeated. However, in order to determine whether an arrest warrant is requested, the total 12-hour investigation limit can be exceeded, and a night investigation is sufficient. Even so, there is usually no case of conducting a night survey into an overnight survey. First of all, if you proceed with the suspect's interrogation on the first day and fail to proceed with the rest of the investigation, the place of inches listed on the arrest warrant, and in this case, the Seoul Detention Center. It is a common practice to send the suspect to the Seoul Detention Center to sleep and then call the suspect again the next day to conduct a second investigation. Even if a suspect in an investigative agency is a suspect arrested under an arrest warrant, there is no precedent for an investigative agency to stay up all night or sleep in that space. However, if the incumbent president is extremely reluctant to go to the detention center, it remains to be seen what position the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit will take and what stage of consultation it will reach.

[Anchor]
I'm trying to guess how the investigation between the two of you and President Yoon is going.

Let's look back on the arrest this morning.

The Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit and the police, who had already failed the arrest operation once, pressed the security service in all directions, this time by carrying out tactics.

[Anchor]
He crossed the car wall with a ladder and attacked the Maebongsan trail behind the official residence, shaking off the blockade of the president's supporters and lawyers. Reporter Kim Joo-young will deliver the related information.

[Reporter]
Early in the morning, police wearing black vests move one after another near the presidential residence in Yoon Suk Yeol.

After one failed arrest, the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit and the police carried out a tactic this time.

Only 1,000 veteran detectives were involved in the arrest, and 3,200 troops from 54 mobile units were deployed to guard the perimeter.

In case the security service strongly resisted along the main entrance road, many detectives conducted a detour to the Maebongsan promenade.

"Come up. Come up. Team 3, come up. "

There were also clashes with President Yoon's supporters until the first cordon was crossed.

Lawyers and people's powerful figures built a human wall and blocked the police from entering the police, causing a scuffle for a while.

In the process, a person believed to be a supporter collapsed in front of the main gate and firefighters were deployed.

There was a bus barrier built by the security, but the police climbed a ladder and quickly entered the building close to the official residence.

Unlike the previous warrant execution, the security personnel also did not show much resistance.

The Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit and the police, who predicted a hard-line response saying there was no retreat, completed the operation in six hours.

I'm Kim Joo-young of YTN.

[Anchor]
I summarized the arrest situation again today. Today, President Yoon released a handwritten letter on social media following his video message in the morning. a handwritten letter of up to 9,000 characters I heard you pressed it hard with a fountain pen. What is it about?

[Reporter] In this article, President
Yoon once again emphasized the background of the declaration of emergency martial law and the injustice of the execution of arrest warrants. In particular, he emphasized that there was too much evidence of fraudulent elections and that he declared it a state of emergency because he did not make any effort to correct it when it was significantly lower than the computer system of normal state agencies. He also claimed that the decision on the 3rd was an appeal to the people who borrowed the form of martial law, saying that martial law means to inform the severity of the situation and to be vigilant.

He then repeatedly said that he did not declare martial law for dictatorship or extension of power, but for normalizing the function of the state and protecting liberal democracy, adding that the crime of rebellion could not be established. It is believed that the letter was released because it seeks to unite its supporters while conceiving the logic of responding to future investigations. President Yoon Suk Yeol's lawyers, but even President Yoon Suk Yeol seems to have engaged in such a public opinion campaign to rally his supporters.

[Anchor]
If you look at this, it's like this. Martial law is not a crime. It is the exercise of the president's authority to overcome the national crisis. I've put in at least a few troops. It contains these contents, but in fact, it contains similar arguments to the previous position. But this time, it was a 9,000-character handwritten letter format, but can many things actually be used as evidence if an actual trial takes place?

[Park Sung-bae]
It is not much different from the previous arguments, and it should be considered that the contents to be argued in the future impeachment trial and investigation have been clearly summarized. The point is interpreted as a claim to the effect that the president's declaration of emergency martial law is fundamentally not subject to judicial review and that it is absurd to interpret emergency martial law as a civil war. Above all, the claim that there was no intention of blocking the National Assembly through the civil war, that is, nothing more than a warning, seems to be repeated, and the claim is likely to be condensed to the effect that there was no intention in the future investigation process.

Despite the instructions and statements related to the blockade of the National Assembly by those involved, it was not their own instructions, but simply an attempt to block the National Assembly was only a warning. Even if the facts exist, it seems that they are claiming that there is no intention or that the connection between them and the working group is broken. In the future, he is currently exercising his right to refuse to make statements, but he is expected to repeat statements to the same effect when conducting a full-fledged investigation or standing in the impeachment court.

[Anchor]
Let's talk more about the security service. We talked for a while earlier, but we did not execute arrest warrants for Kim Sung-hoon, deputy head of the bodyguard, and Lee Kwang-woo, head of the bodyguard. Attempt to break down the bodyguard successfully, should I look at it like this, how should I look at it?

[Reporter]
That's right. First of all, the police had a three-way meeting before the execution of the warrant. In doing so, we used a positive temperature strategy. The command will be strictly punished for illegal activities. However, if I don't comply with the command's illegal command and things like this, I'll take care of it, I used this ambulatory strategy. It seems to have actually been accepted to some extent as the police used this strategy, taking advantage of the confusion inside the security service, which is inside in this way. So today's execution of the second arrest warrant seems to have decided on the timing of the second warrant, taking advantage of the fact that this Yang-on strategy was accepted to some extent and that the security office was confused.

[Anchor]
Meanwhile, President Yoon Suk Yeol's side belatedly expressed its intention to attend when the police and the investigation team of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit approached the official residence. This was organized by reporter Kim Yi-young.

[Reporter]
You can see an oblique bus car wall over a white iron gate with a phoenix insignia symbolizing the president.

It is the third cordon of the security service, the last gateway to the residence of President Yoon Suk Yeol. The investigation team of the Joint Investigation Headquarters, which passed the

1, 2nd cordon, arrived here around 8 a.m.

Presidential Chief of Staff Jeong Jin-seok and Attorney Yoon Gap-geun appeared during a brief confrontation with the personnel of the Security Service. Prosecutors from the Airborne Division

entered the government building at a guard post next to the iron gate after discussing how to execute the warrant for about five minutes,

All of a sudden, President Yoon said he would voluntarily attend.

Although the investigation into the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit is clearly illegal, President Yoon will go out on his own to prevent a mishap.

Although he refused to comply with the previous three requests for attendance and blocked the execution of the first warrant,
When he couldn't overcome the arrest crisis at the end of
, he reluctantly changed to cooperate with the investigation.

However, the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit defeated this claim in one fell swoop.

He said he had never seen a suspect voluntarily appear in a situation where an arrest warrant was issued, and he nailed the execution of the warrant as a goal and purpose.

Eventually, after more than two hours and 20 minutes of tug-of-war, Yoon was arrested and transferred to the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit.

In order to avoid the humiliation of the first arrest of a sitting president in constitutional history, he belatedly took out a voluntary attendance card, but it was ineffective.

I'm YTN's Kim Lee Young.

[Anchor]
If you look at the contents of the report, will it be voluntary attendance? Is it in the form of accepting arrest, did it take a long time to discuss this?

[Park Sung-bae]
That's right. Nevertheless, it is self-evident that the execution of an arrest warrant. The message of voluntary attendance should be viewed as a political message, and since it is legally the execution of an arrest warrant, President Yoon cannot voluntarily leave the house, and depending on the situation, he will not be able to leave a certain place such as detention in Seoul Detention Center.

[Anchor]
So what kind of interpretation is legally divided, so did President Yoon Suk Yeol claim that he would voluntarily attend?

[Park Sung-bae]
In fact, there is little room for interpretation in this part. It is unprecedented for an investigative agency to issue an arrest warrant and then give up the execution of the warrant. If the warrant is abandoned and the warrant is returned, the suspect's whereabouts are not found. If the whereabouts of the suspect are not found, return the warrant.

[Anchor]
For example, don't you go to the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit and then go home? I think that's what I was aiming for.

[Park Sung-bae]
That's right. Even if the suspect belatedly expressed his intention to appear at the scene of the execution of the arrest warrant, he or she has already refused to do so three times, and he or she will leave at any time, greatly hindering the investigation.

[Anchor]
If that happens, do I have to request and issue an arrest warrant again and go through this process again?

[Park Sung-bae]
I need to go through the process again. It can be said that the execution of arrest warrants is the usual step of investigative agencies.

[Anchor]
Now, an arrest warrant has been issued for the deputy head of the security service, but he promised to respond to the investigation later and has not executed the arrest warrant now. Haven't there been many cases like this before?

[Park Sung-bae]
These cases themselves are unusual. In this case, it should be considered that the head of the security service insisted on the necessity of carrying out security work against the president, and above all, the arrest of the president itself was an important purpose, so the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit and the police understood. Even if it takes the form of voluntary attendance afterwards, there is still a high possibility that the arrest warrant will be executed against the deputy chief of security.

[Anchor]
Reporter Baek, let's also look at the arrest process today. I think there was a lot less resistance than I thought than in the first execution. Is there anything that has been covered in this regard?

[Reporter]
The second execution of President Yoon's arrest warrant was completed in about seven hours. Accidents such as physical collisions were also discussed, and the police prepared for a long-term war for up to two nights and three days. However, in fact, the process seems to have ended relatively smoothly and quickly. There seems to have been no unexpected incidents such as clashes or extreme resistance. However, some of the time was delayed in front of President Yoon's lawyers and dozens of members of the People's Power Party. And the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd cordons. The screen you see now is the 1st cordon.

[Anchor]
It's going up through the ladder.

[Reporter]
The personnel of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit and the police moved on a ladder to cross the first cordon. And the secondary cordon had a barrier. There was a car wall blocked by a bus, and there was a passage that could be bypassed to one side, so the police and airborne personnel went in.

[Anchor]
Some people say that it's not a car wall, but that it's parked. I think it meant that he didn't block it as much as he parked it.

[Reporter]
Because it's a doorway, I actually chose a way to detour to one side. In the case of the 3rd cordon, there is actually a guard post, right? At the iron gate with the presidential office mark, the presidential chief of staff and lawyer Yoon Gap-geun met the prosecutor of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit and police personnel. At the same time, after the consultation, I was able to check the scene where the prosecutor of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit and some of the police personnel entered the official residence. And after the prosecutor of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit entered the residence and continued to discuss whether to voluntarily attend or execute an arrest warrant, the consultation was concluded in two hours, but is this actually the execution of an arrest warrant? As you said earlier, opinions are still being divided on whether to attend voluntarily or not. However, the president decided to comply with the execution of warrants by the police and the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit, so he moved to the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit.

[Anchor]
Attorney, I think it's going to be the last question, but the investigation has just begun. For 48 hours, the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit will transfer to the prosecution, but whether they issue an arrest warrant or release, they have to make this decision, and it would be good if you could explain the procedures after that. For example, it would be good if you could organize procedures such as binding pride and warrant review.

[Park Sung-bae]
An arrest warrant was executed at 10:30 a.m. today. Arithmetically, an arrest warrant must be requested within 48 hours, but there are few cases where an arrest warrant is requested within 48 hours. As it is usually decided whether to request an arrest warrant within 36 hours, it is expected that the request for an arrest warrant will be decided in the late afternoon tomorrow. If an arrest warrant is requested, the warrant will be reviewed, and it is highly likely that President Yoon will actively protest. If the arrest warrant is rejected, it will be released as it is, and if it is issued, the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit can proceed with the investigation for up to 20 days, and after the issuance of the arrest warrant, the suspect, who usually exercised or denied the right to refuse to state before issuing the warrant, often changes his or her mind and admits it. It is expected that the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit will call President Yoon back to conduct a interrogation of the suspect and conduct a related reference investigation at the same time. And according to consultations with the prosecution, the prosecution is expected to send the case to the prosecution before 10 days have elapsed, and the prosecutor who took over the case is also expected to speed up the interrogation of the suspect and the statement of the reference to President Yoon as a preparation for the prosecution.

[Anchor]
Thank you. We will deliver the breaking news regarding President Yoon's investigation as soon as it comes in.

So far, I've been talking with Baek Jong-kyu, a reporter from the Ministry of Social Affairs, and Park Sung-bae, a lawyer. Thank you both.