Investigation team of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit visited the detention center...Attention on forced recruitment

[Anchor]
It has been confirmed that the investigation team of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit has moved to the Seoul Detention Center where President Yoon Suk Yeol is located.

However, it has not been determined whether it is a visit survey or a forced recruitment.

Connect the legal team reporters to the scene.

Youngsoo Kim, reporter Lee Kyung-guk!

[Reporter]
I'll give you the relevant news from the high-ranking government official's criminal investigation office.

First of all, reporter Lee Kyung-guk, let me just point out what has been confirmed so far.

How many hours ago has the atmosphere of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit and the Seoul Detention Center been busy?

[Reporter]
That's right.

First of all, it's from around 4 p.m.

The busy atmosphere of the Seoul Detention Center and the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit has begun to be detected.

And it was also confirmed that a vehicle from the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit arrived at the Seoul Detention Center.

That's why the reporters are also asking the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit to check several times, but the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit has not yet confirmed its official position.

However, some of the contents were confirmed in the pending questions of the National Assembly's Legislation and Judiciary Committee. The head of the Ministry of Justice's correctional headquarters confirmed that the prosecutor and investigator of the Senior Civil Servant Correctional Service have arrived at the Seoul Detention Center.

He then explained that he had not been briefed on whether it was to force the president into custody.

[Reporter]
To explain a little, our reporters are also out in front of the Seoul Detention Center.

Filmmakers are also out to broadcast.

However, it has been confirmed that a vehicle believed to be a Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit entered the Seoul Detention Center.

It was around 4 p.m. and the National Assembly Judiciary Committee was being held around the same time. However, the head of the correctional headquarters confirmed that the investigation team of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit has arrived at the Seoul Detention Center.

However, he said he couldn't confirm whether this was a forced recruitment.

Wasn't there a strange atmosphere around the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit building at the same time?

[Reporter]
That's right.

The building of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit also began to read the busy atmosphere.

First of all, I was able to check the arrival of a vehicle believed to be a member of the Presidential Security Service around the Gwacheon Government Complex 5 where the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit building is located.

Several people, who appeared to be bodyguards, arrived inside the five-dong building where the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit was located, and they were able to check the inside of the building.

However, our reporters have asked several times whether these personnel belong to the security service, but they have not confirmed the related information.

The on-site reporters are checking whether the forced recruitment is continuing, but the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit, as I said earlier, has yet to disclose its official position.

When the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit executed the arrest warrant earlier, it was only when it was launched that the relevant information was confirmed through an official notice.

[Reporter]
On the right side of the screen, we are showing the vehicle of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit entering the Seoul Detention Center.

This is what it was a while ago. This is what it was a while ago, and the one on the left is showing the current situation and the current situation in front of the Seoul Detention Center on the screen.

Didn't the vehicle that the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit was driving actually entered the Seoul Detention Center and came back?

That's also what reporters want to know, but the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit hasn't officially confirmed it yet.

However, it has not been confirmed whether the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit was in the vehicle.

It has been confirmed that the vehicle of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit entered and left the Seoul Detention Center, but it has not yet been confirmed who was in the car.

Although the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit mentioned the procedure of forced recruitment several times, wasn't the tone different today?

[Reporter]
That's right. An official from the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit met with reporters and emphasized that they are strongly considering arresting President Yoon.

As he mentioned that he would review it so strongly, the policy has been decided in fact and it may be seen as reviewing the implementation plan.

An official from the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit explained that with the effect of the arrest warrant, President Yoon could be brought from the detention center to the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit. The Supreme Court's precedents were also used as the basis for this.

However, in the previous briefing held this morning, even if the compulsory recruitment process was carried out, the timing of today or tomorrow was not disclosed.

I only explained that I would discuss it and make a decision.

In addition, he said that he did not completely exclude the idea of going to a detention center and conducting an on-site investigation.

[Reporter]
An official from the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit briefed at 10:30 a.m. today.

The screen you see now does not appear to be a public transport vehicle.

We continue to show you the on-site screen, but there seems to be no confirmation of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit vehicle yet.

If I organize it again, should I say that the official of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit will have a regular meeting around 10:30 a.m. today?

I create a place to explain to reporters every day, and what I mentioned there was that I would strongly review the compulsory recruitment process.

And since the investigation this morning confirmed that President Yoon did not comply, reporters interpreted it as actually going through the compulsory recruitment process.

Didn't you say that one of the grounds was that there would be no notification of an afternoon investigation?

That's why I was thinking of going into the compulsory recruitment process, but I didn't say exactly when.

However, it has been confirmed that the prosecutor and investigator of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit have entered the Seoul Detention Center.

I told you about reporter Lee Kyung-guk earlier, so I would like you to explain the grounds for forced recruitment a little more.

[Reporter]
What the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit holds as the legal basis for forced recruitment is the Supreme Court's decision in 2013.

In 2011, the National Intelligence Service investigated suspects suspected of operating in the basement in connection with the North Korean task force.

They were arrested in July of the same year and detained in Seoul Detention Center.

After that, he refused to comply with the NIS' summons.

After receiving the report, the prosecution sent an official letter of cooperation to the detention center asking the suspects to be investigated.

Accordingly, prison guards at the Seoul Detention Center escorted the suspects to the investigation room.

It's an objection procedure that the suspects later say is illegal.

A quasi-appeal was filed, but first, the Seoul Central District Court dismissed it.

The suspects followed up with a re-appeal, but the Supreme Court dismissed it.

At the time, the Supreme Court decided through this decision that if a suspect detained for issuing an arrest warrant refuses to attend, he can be recruited to the investigation room depending on the effect of the warrant.

[Reporter]
If we release this precedent a little more, the arrested suspect was refusing to investigate by the investigative agency.

However, from the investigative agency's point of view, further investigation was needed, so the prosecutor asked the prosecutor to send an official letter of cooperation to the head of the detention center, and prison guards forcibly brought the suspect and investigated him.

But I think the case is a little different this time.

In fact, we've covered several places, assuming that an official letter of cooperation could go to the detention center or to the Ministry of Justice, but I don't think we sent an official letter, but haven't the prosecutor gone directly now?

The previous case was actually through prison guards, but the fact that the prosecutor went this time seems to take into account the fact that he is a sitting president.

In addition, if the forced recruitment is not possible, I think we can assume that we can discuss ways to investigate on-site.

So far, the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit has not confirmed whether it is a forced recruitment or a door-to-door investigation.

The announcement came out just before, but there are many inquiries from the media, but it is difficult to confirm at the moment, and they said they will announce it if it is confirmed later.

I think this can be interpreted as going through a certain procedure.

From the point of view of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit, we can't announce that we tried but failed, so it can be seen as in the process of trying. If you try to force a job, there may be many variables.

Reporter Lee Kyung-guk, what do you think?

[Reporter]
First of all, the fact that he is an incumbent president is likely to act as a variable.

In particular, although President Yoon is imprisoned, he is protected by the security service.

It's because he's an incumbent president.

There will also be bodyguards in the Seoul Detention Center, so there is a possibility that there will be difficulties in practically seeking compulsory arrest.

However, it has not yet been confirmed how far the bodyguards will approach and how they will protect them.

However, if you look at the previous execution of the arrest warrant, there are cases in which the security service strongly protested, so if the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit tries to find a forced recruit today, how the security service will respond is also likely to be a variable.

[Reporter]
It can be a variable to how much the bodyguard will respond. Kim Sung-hoon, the deputy head of the security service, was also arrested by the police and released again, and although he is under investigation, hasn't it been confirmed through our reporters that he has returned to his current position?

So I think we need to see how well the security agency responds. Isn't there a possibility that the president won't respond?

[Reporter]
That's right. First of all, you may remember that President Yoon has completely refused to investigate the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit. In addition to responding to an investigation on the same day of his arrest after his arrest

, he has since refused to comply with the Airborne's request for attendance four times.

Therefore, if the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit started the compulsory recruitment process today, if the president does not comply, another difficult situation could arise.

Of course, it can be legally possible, but in reality, it is necessary to check additionally whether the incumbent president can forcefully drag him out of the situation where he denies forced recruitment.

Reporter Lee Kyung-guk, can you organize the background of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit's forced recruitment?

[Reporter]
As I said, President Yoon has refused to comply with the investigation of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit.

There was only one investigation, the day of the arrest, and the last 15 days, 10 hours and 30 minutes of investigation.

Even then, rather than answering the prosecutor's question, he only repeated the claim that declaring martial law was actually the president's own authority.

We will deliver the details as soon as we come in.

[Reporter]
This urgent atmosphere in the Seoul Detention Center and the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit was detected around 4 p.m.

It has been confirmed that a vehicle from the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit has entered the Seoul Detention Center.

The Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit has yet to officially confirm, but the National Assembly Judiciary Committee confirmed that the Senior Civil Servant Correctional Officer's investigation team has arrived at the Seoul Detention Center.

However, it has not been confirmed whether this is a forced recruitment or a visit investigation.

In addition, vehicles believed to be security services vehicles came in around the airlift, and people who appeared to be security guards looked around the airlift and confirmed the appearance of security checks.

I think we can give you more detailed news as soon as the announcement from the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit comes out.

There's a breaking news just now, so I'll let you know.

This is the news I told you a little while ago.

The Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit said there are a lot of media inquiries about forced recruitment, but we can't check it right now. He explained that if
is confirmed later, it will be notified again.

We'll cover the airlift a little more and tell you the news again.

So far, the airlift has informed you.