The Joint Investigation Headquarters (JIH), which has initiated the execution of the second arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk-yeol, has arrived at the Presidential Security Service's third line of defense.


On the 15th, the High-ranking Officials' Crime Investigation Unit and the Police Emergency Martial Law Special Investigation Team executed an arrest warrant for President Yoon Seok-yeol. Police officers are crossing the second line of defense at the presidential residence in Yongsan-gu, Seoul. Photo by Kang Jin-hyung

On the 15th, the High-ranking Officials' Crime Investigation Unit and the Police Emergency Martial Law Special Investigation Team executed an arrest warrant for President Yoon Seok-yeol. Police officers are crossing the second line of defense at the presidential residence in Yongsan-gu, Seoul. Photo by Kang Jin-hyung

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The JIH arrived in front of the presidential residence at around 7:55 a.m. on the 15th. This was approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes after they attempted to enter the residence to execute the arrest warrant.


Investigators used ladders to climb over vehicle barricades and breached the first line of defense before moving toward the residence entrance.



The vehicle barricades installed at the second line of defense were bypassed by taking a detour.


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