First in South Korea's history: arrest of sitting President Yoon, with "about 1,000 investigators" and "messages that divide the National Security Agency" behind the scenes TBS NEWS DIG

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The Joint Investigation Headquarters, which is investigating the emergency martial law issued in South Korea, announced that it has arrested President Yoon Seok-yeol. This is the first time in history that a sitting president has been arrested in South Korea. President Yoon made a comment to the public this morning before being arrested. President Yoon Seok-yeol of South Korea: "This is not an admission of (the investigation), but merely a desire to prevent an undesirable bloodshed." He emphasized that he "has not admitted to an illegal and invalid procedure." He was then transferred to the High-ranking Public Officials Crime Investigation Agency, where questioning will take place. This is the first arrest of a sitting president in South Korea. The trigger was the emergency martial law issued by President Yoon on the 3rd of last month. Soldiers from the military special forces stormed into the National Assembly, and South Korea fell into chaos. Although the emergency martial law was lifted about six hours later, the National Assembly subsequently passed a motion to impeach Yoon, and Yoon's power as president was revoked. On the 3rd of this month, the Joint Investigation Headquarters executed an arrest warrant for President Yoon on suspicion of "masterminding a civil war." Approximately 100 investigators were deployed, but they were blocked by the Presidential Security Service, and after a standoff that lasted five and a half hours, the arrest failed. And today again... The presidential side set up three lines of defense around the grounds of the official residence with buses and other equipment, preparing to block entry, but investigators were seen climbing over the buses using ladders. President Yoon was arrested about three hours after investigators entered the grounds. What is behind the arrests being made without any major confusion? Watanabe Hideo, JNN Seoul Bureau Chief: "They deployed about 1,000 investigators, several times more than last time, overwhelming the National Guard, and it has been pointed out that the message was successful in dividing the National Guard, which was wavering between blocking and cooperating with the execution of the warrant." Citizens reacted to the arrests... Supporters of President Yoon: "It is the police who are violating law and order!" People who called for the arrests: "I believe that the act of emergency law itself violates democracy, and I hope that the arrests will be carried out in this way and that they will proceed quickly in accordance with the law." The investigation headquarters announced that they began questioning at 11:00 a.m. What will the investigation lead to... ▼TBS NEWS DIG Official Website https://newsdig.tbs.co.jp/ ▼Please subscribe to our channel! / @tbsnewsdig ▼Information provided by "TBS Insiders" https://www.tbs.co.jp/news_sp/tbs-ins... ▼Video provided by "TBS Scoop Post" https://www.tbs.co.jp/news_sp/toukou.... #News #news #TBS #newsdig

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