Police response: Will not help arrest president
South Korea's police will not help the anti-corruption agency CIO arrest suspended president Yoon Suk-Yeol. Since the arrest warrant expires at midnight on Monday, the CIO asked for police assistance, but now has to call it quits.
At a press conference, police officer Baek Dong-Heum said that they have conducted a legal review of the request and concluded that it "constituted a legal dispute," according to Yonhap.
The CIO itself has tried to arrest the president at his residence, but without success.
Yoon can escape - agency asks for help
The arrest warrant for suspended South Korean president Yoon Suk-Yeol expires at midnight on Monday, and the anti-corruption agency CIO has now handed over the task to the police. The request was sent on Sunday, Yonhap reports.
“We are currently conducting an internal legal review,” a police official said.
Yoon has refused to give up his resistance. When the CIO tried to bring him in on Friday, they were stopped by both Yoon’s security team and supporters. The agency was criticized over the weekend for mobilizing police during the arrest attempt, without having the authority.
Yoon was forced out after declaring a temporary martial law in the country. A complete overreach, according to critics, but entirely necessary, according to Yoon himself.
South Korea's police will not help the anti-corruption agency CIO arrest suspended president Yoon Suk-Yeol. Since the arrest warrant expires at midnight on Monday, the CIO asked for police assistance, but now has to call it quits.
At a press conference, police officer Baek Dong-Heum said that they have conducted a legal review of the request and concluded that it "constituted a legal dispute," according to Yonhap.
The CIO itself has tried to arrest the president at his residence, but without success.
Yoon can escape - agency asks for help
The arrest warrant for suspended South Korean president Yoon Suk-Yeol expires at midnight on Monday, and the anti-corruption agency CIO has now handed over the task to the police. The request was sent on Sunday, Yonhap reports.
“We are currently conducting an internal legal review,” a police official said.
Yoon has refused to give up his resistance. When the CIO tried to bring him in on Friday, they were stopped by both Yoon’s security team and supporters. The agency was criticized over the weekend for mobilizing police during the arrest attempt, without having the authority.
Yoon was forced out after declaring a temporary martial law in the country. A complete overreach, according to critics, but entirely necessary, according to Yoon himself.
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