Arrest review proceeding...President Yoon Sitting in Court in Suit

President Yoon attends the Western District Court to examine the validity of the warrant
President Yoon does not stand on the photo line and goes directly to the underground parking lot
Attendance in a suit...sitting in the middle of the courtroom, interrogatedProsecutors from the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit and the lawyers of President Yoon also attend the court.

[Anchor]
President Yoon Suk Yeol attended the interrogation of the suspect before his arrest at the Seoul Western District Court.

President Yoon is said to be questioned in a suit and sitting in the middle of the courtroom.

I'm connecting you with a field reporter. Reporter Yang Donghoon!

[Reporter]
Yes, this is the Seoul Western District Court.

[Anchor] President Yoon Suk Yeol's warrant hearing is being held in the Western District Court, where reporter Yang is from, right?

[Reporter]
Yes, President Yoon Suk Yeol, the suspect of the head of the rebellion, is attending the court here and being interrogated by the suspect before his arrest.

The warrant review has been going on for more than an hour.

President Yoon, who departed from the Seoul Detention Center in a convoy, entered the court's underground parking lot at around 1:55 p.m. without stopping at the photo line.

President Yoon, who appeared in a suit, is said to be sitting in the center of the court for questioning.

At the Senior Prosecutor Cha Jung-hyun and others arrived at the court first at around 12:30 p.m., and President Yoon's lawyers headed to the court at around 1:30 p.m.

As the president attends the interrogation himself, court security is stricter than ever.

Police are entering the precinct, and court staff are also controlling reporters from leaving the permit area.

Chief Judge Cha Eun-kyung will be in charge of today's interrogation to determine whether to issue an arrest warrant.

Since it was the weekend, a judge on duty, not a judge in charge of a warrant, was in charge of it, but from President Yoon's point of view, both judges who issued arrest warrants earlier were avoided.

Including the case of the Seoul Central District Court, which rejected the arrest suit, Cha will be the fourth judge to judge the president's whereabouts.

[Anchor]
When will President Yoon be arrested?

[Reporter]
As the arrest examination began at 2 p.m., it is expected that President Yoon will be arrested in the middle of the night.

As it is an unprecedented issue in which the arrest of an incumbent head of state is at stake, there is a high possibility that it will be passed into the early morning tomorrow.

In fact, in the case of the first arrest warrant review for President Yoon, the results came out in 33 hours.

After the arrest examination, President Yoon will take a convoy back to the Seoul Detention Center and wait for the results in the waiting room for the suspect.

If the court issues an arrest warrant, it will remain the first case in which a sitting president is arrested for the first time in constitutional history,

President Yoon stays in Seoul Detention Center for up to 20 days, including the arrest period, and is under arrest investigation.

But if the warrant is rejected, Yoon will be immediately released from detention and returned to his official residence.

Further investigation into President Yoon, who refused to investigate the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit and remained silent, is also expected to face considerable difficulties.

In today's warrant review, the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit is expected to claim that the charges of the head of the rebellion are fully clarified through various circumstantial evidence, and that President Yoon is likely to eliminate the evidence.

On the other hand, President Yoon's side is expected to highlight the claim that the declaration of emergency martial law cannot be subject to judicial review due to high-level governance, and that the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit violated the exclusive jurisdiction of the court.

[Anchor]
Supporters of President Yoon, who blocked the entrance to the court, were forcibly dissolved?

[Reporter]
Yes, President Yoon's supporters blocked the entrance to the Western District Court and held an overnight rally.

Earlier today, the police ordered them to disband three times, saying they were holding illegal rallies without reporting the rally and were interfering with court work.

Dozens of supporters lay down at the entrance with their arms crossed and resisted, but police ripped them off one by one and forced them to move.

Currently, protests are continuing in various places surrounding the court, and slogans are heard even in front of the court building where the reporters are located.

In this situation, the Seoul Western District Court decided to control access to the building throughout this weekend.

Vehicle access inside the building has been restricted, and identified reporters can only walk in front of the building.

So far, I'm Yang Dong-hoon of YTN at the Seoul Western District Court.

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: Lee Geunhyuk