The attempt to arrest the ousted President of South Korea, Yun Suk-yeol, was accompanied by drama and chaos, reported Agence France-Presse, quoted by BTA.
Yun hid in his residence, around which hundreds of his supporters gathered, and the law enforcement officers who came to arrest the ousted president were forced to retreat by the more numerous presidential bodyguards.
Yoon Suk-yeol was removed from power on December 14.
Since an arrest warrant was issued for him on December 31 December because he declared martial law on December 3, hundreds of his supporters camped near his residence day and night to protect him if necessary. Among them are many far-right YouTube influencers who enjoy great popularity, as well as preachers evangelicals who are some of the last unconditional supporters of Yoon, from whom the traditional right is distancing itself.
"Yoon Suk-yeol! "Yoon Suk-yeol!" chanted his supporters, waving lighted batons as well as South Korean and U.S. flags.
"We have gathered today and are ready to give our lives," he said in A 57-year-old Yun supporter who accuses the opposition of "trying to turn our country into a socialist state like North Korea".
"This is a fight against anti-state forces. We are facing We are faced with a situation where our country can either preserve liberal democracy or lose it. We will fight to the end. "We are not just defending the president, we are defending liberal democracy," said another supporter of the ousted president.
There are also many law enforcement officers at the place where Yun Suk-yeol's supporters have gathered, after yesterday evening There were clashes between supporters and critics of Yun.
This morning, a team from South Korea's High-Level Corruption Investigation Service entered the presidential residence to try to arrest Yun.
< p>The work of the hundred police officers and prosecutors from the service was hindered by more than 200 presidential bodyguards, who held hands and formed a "human wall", thus blocking the path of those who came to arrest Yun.
The investigative team decided to withdraw because of security concerns
The investigation agency has until Monday to execute a warrant issued by a Seoul court for Yoon's arrest.
South Korean investigators have opened an investigation into the head and deputy head of the investigation agency presidential guard on charges of obstruction of justice after it failed to comply with an arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk-yeol at his residence earlier today, Yonhap reported.
The two have been summoned for questioning tomorrow, the South Korean news agency added. news agency.
The first hearing of South Korea's Constitutional Court in the impeachment case against Yoon is scheduled for January 14, Reuters reported. The court must rule on whether the president's removal from office violates the constitution or not .
The South Korean Supreme Court specified that a second session is scheduled for two days later, on January 16. Yun has so far refused to appear at the first hearing.