The South Korean authorities have managed to arrest the ousted president of South Korea, Yoon Suk-yeolin the presidential residence where he has been hiding since last December 14. The same scenario in which, just two weeks ago, an incident occurred and which, on this second occasion, has also been full of moments of tension, with dozens of members of his political party, the People’s Power Party (PPP), and hundreds of people forming barricades to prevent their access.
The operation to arrest Yoon Suk-yeol, according to the news agency Yonhap, It began at 5:20 a.m. in Seoul – 9:20 p.m. on Tuesday in Spain – but the South Korean police officers were unable to access the premises until three hours later, once they had overcome the barricades and the strong resistance that has presented the Presidential Security Service (PSS), which blocked access to the residence with the formation of human chains and lines of vehicles placed to prevent their entry into the presidential residence.
According to the South Korean agency, during the operation to arrest the former president of South Korea, the anti-corruption authorities and the police have also arrested the head of the PSS service, Kim Sung-hooaccused of obstructing the execution of the court order to execute Yoon’s arrest. The lawyer of the ousted president has stated that these actions are “illegal”, according to the agency. Yonhap.
The lawyers of the former head of state of South Korea indicated minutes after the arrest that Yoon would leave the residence to voluntarily go to the offices of the South Korean anti-corruption agency to give a statement after failing to appear at the . “President Yoon has decided to appear personally before the Office for Corruption of Senior Officials (CIO),” his legal team said in a statement.
Before, the security forces about 3,000 agents were deployed in the vicinity of the residence and warned over the public address system that those who tried to block the operation would be arrested. Around 6,500 supporters of former President Yoon and around thirty PPP parliamentarians gathered at the scene, again, to protest against the arrest.
Yoon Suk-yeol has remained at the presidential residence since December, following his failed declaration of martial law, a move by which They attribute a possible crime of insurrection to him. The operation on January 15 was the second arrest attempt. The previous one, which took place on January 3, failed after major riots sparked by Yoon’s followers and a long standoff between members of the Senior Officials Corruption Office (CIO) and the security services. of the former president.
