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Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is defying an arrest warrant as supporters block police from accessing his Seoul residence.
Yoon was accused of abusing power after declaring martial law on December 3, deploying the military to the National Assembly to prevent lawmakers from repealing the decree. A Seoul court granted the Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials a warrant for his arrest.
Thousands of supporters, waving South Korean and American flags, have gathered near his residence, with some arrested for obstructing police efforts. In a message to these supporters, Yoon vowed to “fight to the end” against “anti-state forces,” according to the Associated Press. His lawyers warned that attempts to arrest him could result in his security team or civilians detaining law enforcement officers, claiming the arrest and search warrants violate the constitution.
Yoon also thanked supporters for defending “liberal democracy and constitutional order” and reiterated his stance that last month’s martial law declaration was necessary to combat North Korean threats and “pro-North Korean anti-state forces.”
SEOUL (@CNN) — 12:45PM — YOON ARREST STANDOFF — Hour 6 — This is what demonstration in *support* of South Korea’s suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol looks like. Prosecutors & corruption investigators are *still* trying to detain Yoon for questioning, a 1st for a sitting president. pic.twitter.com/LJPi5CK4U1
— Mike Valerio (@ValerioCNN) January 3, 2025
🇰🇷 #SouthKorean investigators on Friday called off the arrest of impeached President #Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed martial law bid, after an ongoing standoff with the presidential security service at Yoon’s residence made the operation “effectively impossible” 👇 pic.twitter.com/aA82zs4gSQ
— FRANCE 24 English (@France24_en) January 3, 2025
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