President Yoon's first arrest in office...At this time, Seoul Detention Center

2025.01.18. AM 09:54
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Supporters are likely to flock due to the impact of the warrant review
Anti-impeachment rallies every day..."Calling for President's Release"
For the time being, daily reports of pro-impeachment rallies...The police are ready.
[Anchor]
It is the first time in constitutional history that an incumbent president has been at a crossroads.

As the Yoon Suk Yeol president's warrant review is scheduled today, more supporters of the president are expected to flock to the detention center.

I'm connecting you with a reporter who is out of the field. Reporter Kim Lee Young!

[Reporter]
Yes, I'm in front of the Seoul Detention Center.

[Anchor]
Please tell us the atmosphere of the site first.

[Reporter]
Right now, only about 10 supporters are staying in front of the detention center.

It is still quiet, but there is a high possibility that a considerable crowd will cross this side after the scheduled anti-impeachment rally in Gwanghwamun in the early afternoon.

In particular, more supporters are expected to flock from 2 p.m. to late at night when the arrest examination is scheduled.

In front of the arrested president's residence, anti-impeachment rallies continue every day.

The participants are waving Korean and American flags and calling for President Yoon's release, saying both the impeachment and arrest are invalid.

Yesterday, pro-impeachment groups also protested right next to each other and confronted the opposition.

For the time being, daily rallies have been reported in front of the detention center, with 5,600 opponents of impeachment and 400 pro-impeachment.

Accordingly, the police are also preparing for possible situations by separating the assembly spaces of both sides and putting their careers into maintaining order.

[Anchor]
The place where President Yoon stays will also change depending on whether or not an arrest warrant is issued, right?

[Reporter]
Yes, President Yoon has been staying in the suspect's waiting room in the Seoul Detention Center for four days.

It is known that there are partition toilets, televisions, and bedding in a solitary cell of about six to seven pyeong.

If the president attends the interrogation of the suspect before his arrest, he will leave the detention center for the first time since his imprisonment.

In this case, the president is expected to ride with a prison guard in a Justice Department convoy, and a security vehicle will follow and escort him.

After the interrogation, President Yoon will return to the Seoul Detention Center here and wait for the results of the screening that will be released as early as tonight.

If an arrest warrant is issued, President Yoon should move to Suyong-dong and wear a khaki prison uniform with a prison number written on it instead of plain clothes.

In light of the previous cases of former Presidents Park Geun-hye and Lee Myung-bak, they are expected to be held in solitary confinement.

Conversely, if the warrant is rejected, President Yoon will be immediately released and returned to his official residence in Hannam-dong for investigation without detention.

So far, I'm YTN Kim Yi-young at the Seoul Detention Center.

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