Yonhap news agency is reporting that the alleged standoff between presidential security and investigators remains ongoing. There have been no arrests for obstructing official duties so far, it says.
It is worth noting again that it is difficult to independently verify anything going on in Yoon Suk Yeol’s residence.
South Korea’s political crisis took a dramatic turn on Friday when investigators attempting to arrest the impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, were involved in a tense standoff with his security forces.
Local media reports said officials from the Corruption Investigation Office – which is leading a joint team of police and prosecutors – entered the compound to find themselves blocked by troops under the control of the presidential security service.
Having managed to find a way past the troops, officials were confronted by other security service staff, raising doubts over whether Yoon, who was impeached in mid-December over his short-lived declaration of martial law, would be arrested on Friday.
More than three hours after anti-corruption officials had entered the compound, it was still far from clear how the gravest political crisis South Korea has faced in decades would play out.
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