Prosecutors' Office: "Request for Yoon's Arrest Warrant Considering Crime Seriousness and Risk of Recidivism"

Press Briefing Held with Reporters on the 17th

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The High-ranking Officials' Crime Investigation Agency (HGOIA) announced on the 17th that it has filed an arrest warrant request with the Seoul Western District Court against President Yoon Seok-yeol on charges of leading a rebellion, stating that "the seriousness of the crime and the risk of reoffending were taken into consideration."

An HGOIA official said during a briefing with the press corps immediately after filing the arrest warrant request, "The warrant was submitted around 5:40 PM today," adding, "The charges applied are leading a rebellion and abuse of authority to obstruct the exercise of rights."

The arrest warrant document is approximately 150 pages long and was compiled by integrating investigation materials shared from the Police National Investigation Headquarters at the joint investigation headquarters level and key suspect interrogation records shared from the Special Investigation Headquarters of the prosecution.

Regarding the reason for filing the arrest warrant with the Western District Court, the HGOIA official explained, "We considered the jurisdiction provisions of Article 31 of the HGOIA Act and the customary practice of filing arrest warrants with the court that issued the arrest warrant."

He added, "We judged that the issues of investigative authority and jurisdiction were resolved as the objection and detention review requested by President Yoon were dismissed."

The HGOIA official also stated that six to seven HGOIA prosecutors, including the chief prosecutor, are scheduled to attend the pre-arrest suspect interrogation (warrant hearing).

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