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🚨🇰🇷 SEOUL SNOWSTORM CAN’T COOL HEATED PROTESTS OVER PRESIDENT YOON
Thousands braved Seoul’s snow to protest impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, split between arresting him or playing defense as his insurrection warrant expires Monday night.
Yoon, fresh off a failed martial law… https://t.co/oK0tfcirOd pic.twitter.com/CayXaDfogH
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) January 5, 2025
Please refrain from insulting remarks.
The chief of security for South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Sunday he could not cooperate with efforts to arrest the impeached leader, in remarks that could push the political crisis towards another high-stakes confrontation.
With a warrant for Yoon’s arrest on grounds of insurrection set to expire at midnight (1500 GMT) on Monday, the official, Park Chong-jun, cited the legal debate surrounding the warrant as the reason for the lack of cooperation.
“Please refrain from insulting remarks that the presidential security service has been reduced to a private army,” he said in a statement, adding that it had provided security to all presidents for 60 years, regardless of political affiliation.
Park Chong-jun
The comments came after a Seoul court rejected a complaint from Yoon’s lawyers that the arrest warrant was illegal and invalid, the Yonhap news agency said. Telephone calls to the court to seek comment went unanswered.
“Judging the legitimacy of any legal interpretation and execution is difficult,” Seok Dong-hyeon, a lawyer advising Yoon, said on Facebook.
“If there is an error in the legality of law enforcement against the incumbent president, it will be a big problem.”
Yoon became the first incumbent South Korean president to face arrest for his botched attempt to declare martial law on Dec. 3, which triggered political chaos in Asia’s fourth-largest economy and a key U.S. ally.
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was set to arrive in Seoul on Sunday for talks with senior officials.
On Friday, Yoon’s presidential security service and military troops had blocked criminal investigators from arresting him in a six-hour standoff.
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Yoon’s lawyers have said the warrant was unconstitutional because the anti-graft force leading his criminal investigation has no authority under South Korean law to investigate any case involving insurrection accusations.
It looks like the government is giving him a chance to do another coup.
He could easily get it right on the second try.
We Talk: South Korean protesters’ take on #Yoon‘s arrest pic.twitter.com/x1lrcGRH8B
— CGTN (@CGTNOfficial) January 5, 2025
