After about 20 minutes of recess, start again...Entering the 4th hour
Presidential "Prosecutor of the Public Prosecutor's Office will announce for 70 minutes first"
"Lawyers Kim Hong-il and Song Hae-eun of the President's side will announce the following."
The interrogation of the suspect before Yoon Suk Yeol's arrest was temporarily adjourned and resumed.
Now it's the fourth hour, and supporters of President Yoon are continuing their rallies by occupying the road without permission while surrounding the court.
I'm connecting you with a field reporter. Reporter Yang Donghoon!
[Reporter]
Yes, this is the Seoul Western District Court.
[Anchor] In the Western District Court, where reporter Yang is out, President Yoon Suk Yeol's warrant hearing has resumed?
[Reporter]
That's right.
The interrogation of the suspect before the arrest of President Yoon Suk Yeol resumed at 5:40 p.m. a little while ago.
It was adjourned for about 20 minutes and then reopened, but it started at 2 p.m., so we're entering the 4th hour.President Yun
explained to reporters how the warrant review was conducted before the recess.
Earlier in the warrant review, the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit first announced the summary of the prosecution for 70 minutes,
After
, the president's lawyers Kim Hong-il and Song Hae-eun argued for the need to arrest them based on PPT materials prepared in advance.
President Yoon then made his own argument, and he continued his remarks for about 40 minutes from 4:35 to 5:15 and then adjourned for 20 minutes at the request of the presiding judge.
As I said, the interrogation resumed a little while ago, and it seems that it will take about an hour at most from now on.
President Yoon, who left Seoul Detention Center in a convoy earlier, 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 an arrest warrant is issued.
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.
It is an unprecedented issue that determines whether or not an incumbent head of state will be arrested, so it is not small that it will be passed until early tomorrow morning.
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.
If this happens, it will be quite difficult to investigate further 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 increased considerably as participants flocked to the court here after the anti-impeachment rally in Gwanghwamun.
Police have mobilized more than 4,000 task force members to order the dissolution, but it is not easy to control.
In preparation for the possibility of supporters storming into the court, layered iron fences were also installed inside the court,
An actual supporter was stopped by the police after breaking over the courthouse fence.
In the crowd, both the up and down trains 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.
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