Investigators have suspended efforts to arrest impeached
South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol after a six-hour stand off with security services.
Police were also blocked by hundreds of his supporters who vowed to obstruct his arrest with their lives.
Our correspondent Jack Barton reports from Seoul.
South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol after a six-hour stand off with security services.
Police were also blocked by hundreds of his supporters who vowed to obstruct his arrest with their lives.
Our correspondent Jack Barton reports from Seoul.
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00:00Officials from South Korea's top anti-corruption office and police attempting to detain President
00:08Yun Song-il and search his residence.
00:11They withdrew after a standoff involving scuffles between police and soldiers protecting the
00:18residence as well as members of the President's security service.
00:23Yun's lawyers argue a corruption agency has no authority to investigate insurrection,
00:29while Yun's security detail said the law prevents police from searching properties
00:35potentially containing classified documents.
00:38In the wake of the failed attempt to detain President Yun, his supporters have gathered
00:44in even greater numbers near his residence to try and prevent any further potential attempt
00:50to detain him before the warrant expires on Monday.
00:54The mood was not so celebratory for the majority of South Koreans who support the insurrection
01:00investigation as well as impeachment hearings at the country's Constitutional Court.
01:07On Friday, the Constitutional Court held its second procedural hearing into whether Yun's
01:13impeachment by the National Assembly was lawful.
01:17The court has 180 days to decide whether the country's brief bout of martial law amounts
01:24to an abuse of power or an act of governance in a crisis, as argued by President Yun's
01:31legal team.
01:32Jack Barton, CGTN, Seoul.