South Korean police reported this Wednesday that they are tracking the location of ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol over the possibility that he may have fled his residence while he faces an arrest warrant for the declaration of martial law earlier in the day. of December.
“We cannot specifically reveal Yoon’s location. We continue to track his location,” a police official told the South Korean news agency Yonhap.
The head of South Korea’s anti-corruption bureau, Oh Dong Woon, explained to lawmakers during a parliamentary session that he had not heard anything specific about whether Yoon has stayed at his residence. When asked if he could have fled, he responded that they were considering “several possibilities.”
On the other hand, deputy Ahn Gyu Back, of South Korea’s main opposition party, the Democratic Party (DP), stated in an interview that he had information that Yoon had left the residence and was hiding in a “third place.” . “I received a tip,” he said.
Meanwhile, hundreds of people have demonstrated both for and against near the presidential residence. On the one hand, about 600 Yoon supporters have gathered with flags to chant that they oppose the impeachment and ask the authorities to arrest the opposition leader. On the other hand, dozens of people urged the anti-corruption agency to quickly execute the arrest warrant against the ousted president.
Although there have been no major clashes between protesters, the Police have placed a vehicle between the protests to avoid future clashes.
The suspended president is under this court order after refusing to appear on three occasions to face accusations of insurrection within the framework of the failed martial law that he declared on December 3 and that unleashed a political storm in the country.
Last Friday, a first attempt to arrest Yoon, barricaded in his presidential residence in the South Korean capital, Seoul, led to an open confrontation between the agents and his security detail, which finally made the investigators retreat.