By Cho Bo-heePosted : January 15, 2025, 08:48Updated : January 15, 2025, 08:53
SEOUL, January 15 (AJP) - The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) and police made a second attempt early Wednesday to execute an arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol, following the failure of their initial effort 12 days earlier on Jan. 3.
At around 4 a.m., CIO investigators and police arrived near the presidential residence, where a standoff quickly developed. Initial physical clashes with the Presidential Security Service occurred but have since de-escalated into a tense face-off at the residence’s main gate.
The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) and police make a second attempt to execute an arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol at the presidential residence in Seoul on Jan. 15, 2025. Yonhap
Members of the Presidential Security Service block investigators from the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) and police as they make a second attempt to execute an arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol at the presidential residence in Seoul on Jan. 15, 2025. Yonhap
Kim K--hyun, a lawmaker from the ruling People Power Party, speaks at the presidential residence in Seoul on Jan. 15, 2025, as the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) and police make a second attempt to execute an arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol. Yonhap
The road outside the presidential residence in Seoul is congested with protesters, police, and vehicles on Jan. 15, 2025, as investigators from the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) and police make a second attempt to execute an arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol. Yonhap