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NOW: Drama in Seoul as investigators try to arrest South Korea's president
BBC ^ | Jan 2 | BBC

Posted on 01/02/2025 8:26:08 PM PST by RandFan

Summary

Police officers in South Korea have arrived at President Yoon Suk Yeol's home in a bid to arrest him over his short-lived declaration of martial law in early December

About 20 officers marched to the presidential residence at about 08:00 local time (23:00 GMT) with that number reinforced to about 80 an hour later, say BBC reporters at the scene

Yoon's lawyer says they will challenge the "unlawful" arrest warrant and his presidential security forces are reportedly blocking the attempt to take him into custody

A court issued the warrant earlier this week against Yoon after he refused to answer summons to appear before officials investigating him for abusing his power and inciting an insurrection

Yoon was suspended from duties on 14 December after lawmakers voted to impeach him, but he can only be removed from office if this is upheld by the country's constitutional court

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: skorea; southkorea; yoonsukyeol
His Security team vs. investigators/officers
1 posted on 01/02/2025 8:26:08 PM PST by RandFan
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To: RandFan

South Korea shaming the US by showing us how they deal with rogue presidents. They don’t lets theirs throw pot shots for WW3.


2 posted on 01/02/2025 8:44:58 PM PST by rottweiller_inc (inter canem et lupum)
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To: RandFan

Sounds like the arrest is premature. If don’t wait for the court to confirm they are being as intemperate as his martial law decree.


3 posted on 01/02/2025 10:36:52 PM PST by JohnBovenmyer (They don't care. We don't scare!)
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