Investigators attempt to detain impeached South Korean president
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South Korean investigators are attempting to detain the country's impeached president as hundreds of his supporters gathered near his residence vowing to protect him. Nearly three hours after dozens of investigators and police officers were seen entering the gate of the residence in the scene appeared to have developed into a standoff.
An warrant has been issued for Yoon Suk Yeol's detention over his short-lived martial law decree last month,. South Korea's Yonhap news, citing police sources, reported that the presidential security service has informed investigators it will not allow them to enter the residence.
In a defiant new year's message to conservative supporters rallying outside his residence, the president said he would "fight to the end" against "anti-state forces". His lawyers have described the warrant to detain him as "invalid" and "illegal.". South Korea's Defence Ministry confirmed that the investigators and police officers got past a military unit guarding the residence's grounds.
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Investigators from the anti-corruption agency were earlier seen loading boxes into several vehicles before leaving their building in the city of Gwacheon early in the morning. Read more on South Korea:The South Koreans who stood up to martial lawWho is the president who declared martial law?.
