Deposed president in South Korea resists arrest and the risk of violence grows

Yoon should have been questioned, but he failed to show up to police summonses and ignored three consecutive summonses.

This Thursday, the deposed president resisted his arrest for the third consecutive day, promising to “fight to the end” against authorities seeking to question him over his unsuccessful attempt to impose martial law.

The presidency’s security guards prevented police officers from entering Yoon’s house and office to execute the arrest warrant.

Since the warrant was issued on Tuesday, supporters and critics of Yoon Suk-yeol have protested daily outside the president’s home in Seoul.

According to the South Korean press, investigators want to interrogate the deposed president in Gwacheon, near the capital. He can be held in custody for 48 hours, and a new warrant will be needed to extend his detention.

The question is how the presidential guard will position itself from now on, since in recent weeks Suk-yeol’s security guards have opposed attempts to execute the arrest warrant.