About 2800 police officers have been mobilised in preparation for executing the warrant as protesters vow to block arrest outside Yoon’s residence.
Authorities were en route on Friday to execute an arrest warrant for impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, Yonhap News Agency reported, as a crowd of protesters faced off with police outside his residence and vowed to block any attempt.on December 3. An arrest would be unprecedented for an incumbent South Korean president.
Broadcaster YTN reported that about 2800 police had been mobilised in preparation for executing the arrest warrant.It was unclear whether the Presidential Security Service, which has blocked access by investigators with a search warrant to Yoon’s office and official residence, would try to stop the arrest.
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