Impeached President Yoon Detained by the CIO for Questioning Over Martial Law Decree
The Korean left got the further humiliation of impeached President Yoon they wanted. I think this whole CIO investigation is being used to humiliate Yoon and making him look guilty to influence the Constitutional Court. The court will eventually rule to determine if Yoon’s martial law decree was Constitutional or not:
President Yoon Suk Yeol was detained, Wednesday, for questioning over his botched imposition of martial law, becoming the first sitting Korean president to be taken into custody.
The investigators are required to decide within 48 hours whether to file a formal arrest warrant to continue questioning him under custody or release him.
Investigators from the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) and the police arrived at the presidential residence compound in Hannam-dong, central Seoul, at around 4:30 a.m. More than 3,000 police officers were mobilized to execute the warrant to detain him and maintain public order around the area.
Following a standoff with Presidential Security Service (PSS) personnel that lasted about two and a half hours, investigators managed to move forward by passing through three layers of makeshift barricades set up by the PSS, consisting of rows of guards and buses. To get past, the investigators had to climb over the buses using ladders.
The investigators then reached the nearest guard post to the residence. Several of them were allowed to pass, with presidential chief of staff Chung Jin-suk and Yoon’s lawyer Yoon Kap-keun, granting permission for them to proceed.
At 10:33 a.m., the CIO said they executed the warrant. The detention came 43 days after Yoon declared martial law.
You can read more at the link, but Yoon released a statement saying he believes the CIO has no jurisdiction for insurrection cases, but agreed to be detained to avoid violence.
