When rumors of a runaway were raised… Suspected man appears at official residence |

President Yoon Seok-yeol, who completely suspended his public schedule for 36 days after the martial law situation, appeared for the first time inside his official residence in Hannam-dong, Seoul, on the 8th. A video captured by a camera this afternoon showed a man believed to be President Yoon waving his arms as if giving instructions to people who appeared to be security officials at the entrance to the presidential residence, which was fortified with a triple cordon, including a bus barrier and barbed wire. Amid growing concerns about a clash between the police and the Presidential Security Service ahead of the re-execution of the arrest warrant, there is an analysis that President Yoon showed his will to resist by directly ordering security at his official residence.

On this day, President Yoon’s representatives raised their voices, saying, “Mobilizing police special forces or riot squads to carry out arrests is rebellion and civil war.” However, there is also criticism that President Yoon may be encouraging unnecessary confrontation and conflict by not complying with judicial procedures.

● Did you give response instructions after inspecting the barrier?

In a 7-minute video filmed around 12:53 p.m. on this day, a man wearing a jumper with a similar build and gait to President Yoon walks down toward the entrance of the official residence with five or six officials and gestures several times toward the bus wall. It comes out. This is the place where the third line of resistance was set up by the Secret Service to block the High-ranking Public Officials Crime Investigation Office’s first arrest warrant on the 3rd.

In the video, another person who got out of a black vehicle was also captured on the uphill road greeting President Yoon politely and then having a conversation. Considering that the Presidential Secretariat cannot officially provide assistance after President Yoon’s suspension from office, it is pointed out that these people are likely to be Secret Service officials in charge of personal protection in close proximity to the President.

This video was released about three hours after the Democratic Party of Korea raised the theory that President Yoon had fled. The President’s Office refuted the Democratic Party’s claim, saying, “We understand that President Yoon is currently at the official residence,” and lawyer Yoon Gap-geun (former Daegu High Prosecutors’ Office chief), who is in charge of the President’s representative team, also said at a press conference this afternoon, “I came out to see the President at the official residence last night.” He dismissed the theory of escape. The President’s Office said on this day that it had filed a complaint against the media that filmed the video for violating the Military Base and Military Facilities Protection Act.

● Sent a message to rally support for the ‘flight theory’

Some analysts believe that President Yoon’s first appearance since the impeachment indictment may have been aimed at preventing agitation in the National Security Agency ahead of the execution of the second arrest warrant and sending a rallying message to his supporters. It is interpreted that as the opposition party raised the theory of President Yoon’s flight, raising concerns that the supporters who were protesting in front of the official residence to block the arrest warrant may become agitated, they showed up as if to show off to the support base. President Yoon also delivered a letter to hard-core supporters who protested in front of his official residence on the 1st, saying, “Let’s fight together until the end.”

Some point out that President Yoon’s decision to personally inspect the ‘sit-in at the official residence’ following a public opinion campaign leaning on the extreme right clearly indicates that he will actively resist the arrest warrant. Accordingly, concerns are raised that executing the second arrest warrant will not be easy to succeed. This means that it will not be easy to forcibly arrest President Yoon without risking enormous damage, as the official residence is equipped with a de facto panic room (evacuation bunker), including a makeshift ‘crisis management center’ that serves as an underground bunker in the Blue House to respond to a national crisis.

It was also pointed out that the excessive security provided by the National Security Agency to the suspended president was increasing the problem. Lee Seok-yeon, former head of the Ministry of Government Legislation, emphasized in a phone call with the that day, “Security for the president should be provided to the minimum necessary only in cases where life is endangered.” He continued, “The president must respond proudly. He criticized, “If you mislead the public that the warrant issuance was wrong in this way, you are dragging the Republic of Korea into a state of anarchism by encouraging the struggle of all against all.”

In response to the growing possibility of conflict between the National Security Agency, the Corruption Investigation Agency, and the police, Acting President Choi Sang-mok, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Strategy and Finance, presided over a meeting on resolving major pending issues on the afternoon of the 8th and said, “I sincerely ask you about the execution of the arrest warrant. “Under all circumstances, please make every effort to ensure that there are absolutely no injuries to citizens or physical clashes between government agencies,” he ordered.