Investigators fail to detain president after prolonged standoff

Disobeying security orders is a serious matter that undermines the foundation of the presidential security system essential to national security,

Yun said

They will be looking at charges of obstruction of justice, illegal entry into buildings and violations of military facility protection laws,

Yun said

I’m afraid Korea may be seen by other countries as a nation incapable of enforcing an arrest warrant,

he said on Saturday

We will consider whether to file an appeal with the Supreme Court. The dismissal does not mean that the warrants are legally valid,

Yun said

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With barely a day left before the execution deadline for Yoon Seok Yeol’s detainment warrant, the presidential security service continues to hide a criminal and the Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials cannot be more relaxed,

Kim Eun-jeong, an activist, said on a stage during the anti-Yoon rally

We have to re-establish the foundation of our society by punishing the president who has denied the constitution,

said Yang Kyung-soo, leader of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), a major labour group that joined the protests

Judging the legitimacy of any legal interpretation and execution is difficult,

Seok Dong-hyeon, a lawyer advising Yoon, said on Facebook

Please refrain from insulting remarks that the presidential security service has been reduced to a private army,

he said in a statement,

It may be challenging to carry out the arrest until the constitutional court rules on the impeachment motion and strips him of the presidential title.”

Chae Jin-won, of Humanitas College at Kyung Hee University, said

Protecting President Yoon means safeguarding our country’s security against threats from North Korea,

he said

Given the current critical nature of presidential security operations, neither the chief nor the deputy can leave their posts, even briefly. Discussions are ongoing with the police to arrange a future date for questioning.”

In a statement distributed to the media, the PSS said

The CIO likely knew from the outset that executing the arrest warrant might be impossible and that even if successful, conducting a thorough investigation could prove difficult. Despite this, they went ahead, indicating their confidence that the current evidence alone is strong enough to obtain a detention warrant.”

A lawyer and former prosecutor for the Corruption Investigation Office (CIO) remarked

It’s not a matter of simply increasing numbers to overpower them; it’s more akin to a military operation,

the prosecutor said

The presidential security service is a dangerous institution whose power can go out of control,

said Han Seung-whoon, a professor of police administrative law at Dongshin University

The Presidential Security Service exists solely for the absolute safety of the security target,

Park says in a message on the service's website,

It is practically impossible to execute the arrest warrant as long as the security officials from the Presidential Security Service continue their protection,

the CIO said in a statement

Future actions will be decided after further review,

it said after halting its initial attempt

There was a standoff. While we estimated the personnel blocking us to be around 200, there could have been more,

an official from the investigation team said Friday on condition of anonymity

Regarding the execution of the arrest warrant today, it was determined that the execution was effectively impossible due to the ongoing standoff,

the Corruption Investigation Office (CIO), probing Yoon over his martial law decree, said in a statement

A president too is a figure equal under the law and that he did not comply with a warrant issued legally by a court is truly a lamentable circumstance,

said Lee Jong-soo, a law professor at Yonsei University