Police, effectively reject the Airborne Investigation Office’s ‘freedom to arrest’… “Legal controversy over official documents”

The Corruption Investigation Office sends an official document to the police to execute the president’s arrest warrant (Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lim Hwa-young = The High-ranking Public Officials Crime Investigation Office (Corruption Investigation Office), which is investigating the case of suspected rebellion following the ’12/3 emergency martial law’, executed an arrest warrant for President Yoon Seok-yeol. An official letter was sent saying that related work would be delegated to the police. The Corruption Investigation Office announced in a press notice on the 6th, “Last night (the 5th), we sent an official letter to the National Investigation Headquarters of the National Police Agency entrusting the execution of the arrest warrant.” The photo is from the National Investigation Headquarters of the National Police Agency in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul on the morning of the 6th. 2025.1.6 hwayoung7@yna.co.kr/2025-01-06 09:38:44/ <저작권자 ⓒ 1980-2025 ㈜연합뉴스. 무단 전재 재배포 금지, AI 학습 및 활용 금지>

On the 6th, the police announced their intention to refuse to execute the official document sent by the High-ranking Public Officials Crime Investigation Agency (KOFIC) saying that it would delegate the task of executing President Yoon Seok-yeol’s arrest warrant to the police, citing legal controversy.

Baek Dong-heum, deputy head of the National Investigation Headquarters’ Emergency Martial Law Special Investigation Unit, said in a briefing on this day, “After an internal legal review, we have determined that the official document of the execution command of the Corruption Investigation Office is legally controversial,” and “We will continue to consult with the Corruption Investigation Office regarding the execution of the arrest warrant.” .

The special investigation team announced that it received an official document of ‘arrest warrant and search warrant execution order’ from the Airborne Corruption Investigation Office at around 7 a.m. on this day.

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