Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is facing a standoff with authorities after his presidential security service blocked investigators from detaining him at his residence.
It's the latest confrontation in a trend that has seen two heads of state impeached in under a month. The country's anti-corruption agency said it withdrew its investigators after the presidential security service blocked them from entering Yoon's residence for hours, due to concerns about their safety.
Investigators from the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials walk up a slope inside the premises of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol's residence in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025 (Lee Jin-wook/Yonhap via AP) The agency said its outnumbered investigators had several scuffles with presidential security forces and expressed 'serious regret about the attitude of the suspect, who did not comply with the legal process.' It said detaining Yoon would be 'virtually impossible' as long as he is protected by the presidential security service. The agency plans to 'strongly demand' that the country's acting leader, Deputy Prime Minister Choi Sang-mok, instruct the service to comply with their execution of the detainment warrant. Outside the residence, a large group of pro-Yoon protesters braved freezing temperatures for hours, waving South Korean and American flags while chanting slogans vowing to protect him. The National Police Agency said it planned to investigate the chief and deputy chiefs of the presidential security service on suspicion of obstructing official duty and summoned them for questioning on Saturday. Police officers stand guard as they wait for the arrival of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol near the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials in Gwacheon, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025 (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)The last time he is known to have left the residence was on December 12, when he went to the nearby presidential office to make a televised statement to the nation, making a defiant statement that he will fight efforts to oust hi
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