South Korean security or military forces prevented anti-corruption investigators from arresting the country’s impeached president after a nearly six-hour standoff Friday, an official said.
The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) told the press it suspended the effort to enforce an arrest warrant against the impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol at his official residence at about 1:30 p.m. local time (11:30 p.m. Jan. 2 Eastern Time), South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency reported.
“We determined that executing the detention warrant would be practically impossible due to the continued confrontation, and suspended the execution out of concern for the safety of on-site personnel caused by the resistance,” the agency said. “We plan to decide on the next steps following a review.”
“We express serious regret over the behavior of the suspect who refused…
