Yoon Arrest Warrant Re-execution 'D-Day'... Ruling Party Lawmakers Form 'Human Chain' to Block Arrest

The High-ranking Officials' Crime Investigation Unit (Gong-su-cheo) and the police launched the execution of the second arrest warrant for President Yoon Seok-yeol in the early hours of the 15th.

The Gong-su-cheo investigation team’s vehicle arrived in front of the presidential residence in Hannam-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, at around 4:20 a.m. that day.

On the 15th, police forces gathered in front of the presidential residence in Hannam-dong, Yongsan-gu, as the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) and the police proceeded with the execution of the second arrest warrant for President Yoon Seok-yeol. Photo by Yonhap News

Near the nearby overpass, police personnel presumed to be part of the arrest team wearing police vests are moving in a line toward the residence.

The police plan to deploy about 1,000 personnel from the National Police Agency’s Special Investigation Unit, as well as the metropolitan investigation units of Seoul, Southern Gyeonggi, Northern Gyeonggi, and Incheon, to execute the warrant.

About 100 police buses are lined up around the residence, and riot police have been deployed. Currently, pedestrian access in front of the residence is blocked.

Two lanes in front of the residence have been blocked with barricades, and police vehicles including buses are lined up across from the residence as well.

Currently, about 30 members of the People Power Party are forming a 'human chain' in front of the residence to prevent the arrest.