South Korean authorities move to arrest impeached president Yoon – National

South Korea’s anti-corruption agency has dispatched investigators to execute a warrant to arrest the impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol as hundreds of his supporters are gathered at his residence in Seoul, vowing to block their approach.

Investigators from the Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials were seen loading boxes into several vehicles before leaving their building in the city of Gwacheon early Friday.

The office did not immediately confirm how many investigators were sent.

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South Korea court issues arrest warrant for impeached President Yoon

A Seoul court issued a warrant for Yoon’s detention after he denied multiple requests to appear for questioning and blocked searches of his Seoul office, hampering an investigation into whether his short-lived Dec. 3 seizure of power was a coup used to be.

Yoon said in a message to conservative supporters gathered outside that he will “fight to the end” against “anti-state forces”, while his legal team warned on Thursday that police trying to detain him could be arrested by his presidential security service or even citizens. .