The Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit attempted to force President Yoon into custody...At this time, Seoul Detention Center

2025.01.22. PM 1:47
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[Anchor]
The Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit, which failed the second round of forced recruitment of President Yoon Suk Yeol yesterday, is trying again today.

In front of the detention center, supporters of President Yoon are rallying.

I'm connecting you with a field reporter. Reporter Lim Yejin!

The Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit is trying to force Yoon Suk Yeol into presidential custody, right?

[Reporter]
Yes, around 10:20 a.m. today, a car carrying investigators from the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit entered the main gate of the Seoul Detention Center.

It is expected that we will try to force recruitment and conduct a field visit investigation if it is not possible.

President Yoon left the detention center at around 12:48 p.m. yesterday to attend the impeachment hearings and returned after 9 p.m.
After the pleading day ended in the afternoon of
, he did not head straight to the detention center, but received medical treatment at the Military Seoul District Hospital in Samcheong-dong, Seoul, known as a hospital exclusively for former and current presidents.

The president explained that his doctor recommended treatment for a month, but it was confirmed that the Ministry of Justice also approved external treatment based on the opinion of the medical officer.

As a result, the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit visited the detention center yesterday to forcibly recruit President Yoon, who did not comply with the investigation, but eventually went back empty-handed.

Meanwhile, today, the National Assembly's Special Committee on Investigation of the Truth and Reconciliation of Alleged Insurrection issued an order to accompany President Yoon and former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun.

I'm asking you to attend a parliamentary hearing, but I'm going to deliver the order to the detention center here where President Yoon is staying.

[Anchor]
Supporters are gathering in front of the detention center every day, how is the atmosphere on site?

[Reporter]
Since the 15th when President Yoon was arrested, supporters have been gathering in front of the detention center every day.

It was a quiet atmosphere in the morning, but dozens of people have gathered since noon to shout slogans such as "nulling impeachment" and "release the president."

As the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit announced today that it would try to force President Yoon to the maximum, there is a possibility that more supporters will flock in the future.

The police are preparing by flexibly deploying task forces according to the size of the number of people gathered at the scene in case of emergency.

In particular, after the riot at the Seoul Western District Court, additional personnel were deployed near the Seoul Detention Center, the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit, and the Constitutional Court, and increased vigilance.

The police are also preparing hard-line measures such as the use of tear gas and three-dash bars.

So far, I'm YTN Lim Ye-jin at the Seoul Detention Center.


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