Seoul Court Issues Warrant to Detain and Question Impeached President Yoon
It is going to be interesting to see how this plays out because it has never happened before:
A Seoul court on Tuesday issued a warrant to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his botched martial law imposition, making him the first sitting South Korean president to face arrest.
The Seoul Western District Court approved a request from the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) to issue the warrant against Yoon on charges of masterminding the botched Dec. 3 martial law declaration, orchestrating the insurrection and abusing power, according to the CIO.
The court also approved a warrant to search Yoon’s presidential residence in Seoul’s Yongsan in connection with the investigation.
Here is how Yoon’s legal team is responding:
Although Yoon has presidential immunity from criminal prosecution, by law, the privilege does not extend to insurrection or treason charges.
Yoon’s defense team has argued the CIO lacks legal authority to investigate insurrection, a charge for which, in principle, police have investigative jurisdiction under the current system, amended during the previous government.
Oh Dong-woon, the CIO chief, has said that, unlike search warrants, a court-issued detention or arrest warrant cannot legally be obstructed, even by the president.
You can read more at the link.
Happy New Year.
The DPK apparently wants it to be “Year Zero”.
Nevermind the fact that the Seoul court is not the DPK opposition party. The court was appointed by the Yoon’s ruling party. So Yoon’s own appointments can’t protect him, otherwise they will face public street protests by people of Kpop generation armed with KPOP. Old people forced to do the right thing by the smarter better educated people of the next future generation.