[On-site video+] President Yoon said, "The court didn't come because it needed procedural preparation."

[Anchor]
Lawyers for the president of Yoon Suk Yeol attended the Seoul Central District Court to investigate the president's arrest.President

Yoon has decided not to attend in person.

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[Seok Donghyun / Representative of President Yoon Suk Yeol]
It is a dispute over the procedures for the legality, illegality, and injustice of arrest. So that's why I came here by our lawyers communicating the president's thoughts and positions to the trial instead.

[Reporter]
Even if the lawyers are present, the court can judge that if the party does not come, it is a waiver of the right to defend.

[Seok Donghyun / Representative of President Yoon Suk Yeol]
It's not like that. I didn't come because the president is in custody now, and the president needs a lot of preparation if he tries to come to the court because of the security protocol, and the court needs a lot of procedural preparation, but I clearly say that I'm not going to sleep on this right after requesting an arrest suit.

[Reporter]
Then, why did you submit it to the Central District Court here, not the Western District Court?

[Seok Donghyun / Representative of President Yoon Suk Yeol]
An arrest suit is where the suspect arrested by the competent court is now. Now the president is in Seoul Detention Center in Uiwang yesterday. The jurisdiction court of the Seoul Detention Center is the Seoul Central District Court, so this jurisdiction court has no choice but to do it here.

[Reporter]
What data did you submit to the court?

[Seok Donghyun / Representative of President Yoon Suk Yeol]
As for the illegality of the arrest that we have been talking about, it is correct that the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit does not have the right to investigate and requests a warrant to the Seoul Central District Court. According to Article 31 of the Public Offices Act, only cases in which the Public Offices can file a prosecution have jurisdiction. In the case of the president now, the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit is not in the target group for prosecution. This means that the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit does not have the authority to file a prosecution. Therefore, it is absurd to apply Article 31 to the President and request an arrest warrant.

Even though Article 31 could not be applied to the president, the Airborne Service requested an arrest warrant, and the Western District Court closed its eyes to such violations of the law and issued an arrest warrant against the law. As a result, issuing arrest warrants is against the law, and in particular, during the arrest execution process, the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit even forged an official document on the 55th Guard Corps' access to the control, and we argued to the court in charge of arrest suit.

[Reporter]
Then, how do you expect today's results?

[Seok Donghyun / Representative of President Yoon Suk Yeol]
First of all, I expect good results. In other words, it means that we expect a strict judgment on the illegality of the arrest. I have to go in because of the time. Well, I'll tell you after I see the results of the trial.

[Reporter]
Did you come here with a high school diploma today?