From martial law to arrest...I'm going to stand before the court in 46 days.

2025.01.17. PM 6:53
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With the pre-arrest interrogation of the suspect tomorrow, President Yoon Suk Yeol will be at a crossroads 46 days after declaring emergency martial law.

Reporter Shin Ji-won summarized the investigation process of the "insurrection leader" including the execution of arrest warrants and legality of two times.

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[Yoon Suk Yeol / President (December 3rd last year): Declares emergency martial law]

President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was impeached 10 days after the lifting of the emergency martial law, refused to comply with all five requests for attendance by prosecutors, police and the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit.

After the controversy over the overlapping investigation, the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit, which took the lead in the investigation, immediately began the arrest process,

[Dongwoon Oh / Director of Criminal Investigation for High-ranking Public Officials (last 1st): We will exercise our authority in accordance with the principles of the arrest warrant and the next search warrant]

At the time of the first execution attempt, he withdrew empty-handed in about five hours and was at the center of controversy.

Afterwards, after implementing a 'strong-on-two-sided' strategy of pressuring the command of the security service and cajoling the employees,

Second Arrest Warrant Execution arrested a sitting president for the first time in constitutional history without physical conflict.President Yoon

refused to make specific statements in the investigation of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit and even filed an arrest suit with the Seoul Central District Court.

The arrest warrant issued by the Seoul Western District Court is illegal, but the Seoul Central District Court did not accept this claim.

The Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit also requested an arrest warrant for President Yoon to the Seoul Western District Court, which issued the arrest warrant.

President Yoon, who has refused to comply with all procedures, from document delivery to execution of arrest warrants and requests for attendance by investigative agencies, will be at a crossroads in his arrest 46 days after the declaration of the emergency martial law.

I'm Shin Jiwon of YTN.


Video editing: Oh HWONSEULGI


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