INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The top aide of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol pleaded with law enforcement on Tuesday to abandon their efforts to detain him over last
lawyers, said Chung issued the message without consulting them and that the legal team has no immediate plans to make the president
available for questioning by investigators.Yoon Suk Yeol has not left his official residence in Seoul for weeks, and the presidential
security service prevented dozens of investigators from detaining Yoon after a nearly six-hour standoff on Jan
3.The Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials and police pledged more forceful measures to detain Yoon while they jointly
Gyeonggi province in recent days to plan the detainment efforts and the size of those forces fueled speculation that more than a thousand
officers could be deployed in a possible multiday operation
The agency and police have openly warned that presidential bodyguards obstructing the execution of the warrant could be arrested on site.The
barbed wire and rows of vehicles blocking paths
met with representatives of the presidential security service Tuesday morning for unspecified discussions regarding efforts to execute the
detention warrant for Yoon, the agency said
Sang-mok, had raised concerns on Monday about potential clashes between authorities and the presidential security service, which, despite a
staying up through the night in front of the presidential residence, vowing to protect the president
deployed troops to surround the National Assembly on Dec
3, which lasted only hours before lawmakers managed to get through the blockade and voted to lift the measure.His presidential powers were
suspended when the opposition-dominated Assembly voted to impeach him on Dec
14 and accused him of rebellion
His fate now rests with the Constitutional Court, which has begun deliberating on whether to formally remove Yoon from office or reject the
charges and reinstate him.Source: AP--Agencies
