President Yoon is undergoing an arrest investigation...A crowd of supporters.

President Yoon attends the Western District Court to examine the validity of the warrant





President Yoon goes directly to the underground parking lot without a photo line
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 attended the court
Police control in the Western District...Restricting the mobility of reporters

[Anchor]
President Yoon Suk Yeol is attending the Seoul Western District Court and being interrogated by a suspect before his arrest.Supporters of President Yun

continue to occupy the road without permission and hold rallies surrounding the court.

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 two hours.

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.

Judge Cha became the fourth judge to judge the president's whereabouts, including the case of the Seoul Central District Court, which rejected the arrest suit.

[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.

This will lead to considerable difficulties in further investigation of President Yoon, who refused to investigate the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit and remained silent.

[Anchor]
The Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit made all-out efforts to issue a warrant and President Yoon to dismiss the warrant, right?

[Reporter]
Yes, it is known that the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit has written about 150 pages of the arrest warrant.

It was found that the newspaper reports of key figures, including former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun, were taken over from the police and prosecution and reflected comprehensively.

Also, basically considering the seriousness of the crime, there is a risk of recidivism such as the second martial law discussion,
It was reported that President Yoon
emphasized that there is a possibility of further eliminating evidence, such as deleting Telegram.

On the other hand, President Yoon's side is known to repeatedly argue that declaring martial law cannot be subject to judicial review due to high-level governance.

They just exercised the constitutional authority granted to the president.

It is also expected to highlight the claim that the Airborne Service's request for an arrest warrant from the Western District Court, not the Seoul Central District Court, also violated the exclusive jurisdiction of the court.

[Anchor]
President Yoon's supporters are flocking to the court?

[Reporter]
Yes, supporters of President Yoon are now continuing their rallies, chanting slogans, surrounding the court.

Vehicle traffic on the road in front of the court has also been suspended due to unauthorized occupation of the road.

In particular, the crowd is increasing as participants flock to the court here after the anti-impeachment rally in Gwanghwamun.

The police have repeatedly ordered the dissolution, but it is not easy to control.

In preparation for the possibility of supporters storming into the court, there are also layers of iron fences installed inside the court.

In the crowd, trains up and down at Aeogae Station on Seoul Subway Line 5 once passed without stopping.

This morning, supporters were forced to disband while lying down with the entrance to the courthouse blocked.

In this situation, the Seoul Western District Court has decided to control access to the building throughout this weekend, allowing identified reporters to walk only to the front of the building.

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

Reporter for shooting
: Lee Geunhyuk