After a 10-hour standoff, South Korean police failed again to search the presidential palace
To investigate the case of former President Yin Xiyue and others suspected of obstructing the police’s first detention on January 3(obstructing the execution of special duties) , south Korean police on April 16 in Seoul Yongsan District of the Presidential Palace and presidential residence and other places to carry out seizures and searches. After a 10-hour stand-off, South Korean police search the presidential palace and official residence again declared failure. This is the sixth time since the“December 3 emergency martial law” that police have tried to search the presidential office and Security Kyunghyang Shinmun, but to no avail.
On the 16th, after entering the Presidential Palace of South Korea unsuccessfully, trying to search the Presidential Palace of the Police Special Investigation Team left.
South Korean police arrived at the Long S?n presidential office and the entrance to the village at about 10:13 a.m. Friday, showing search warrants to guards and trying to collect evidence, but were not allowed to leave, Yonhap news agency said. Police later announced at 20:40 xu, has received the President’s office and the Security Department submitted not to approve the reasons for the search.
Gongguan village includes the official residence of the Chief of security and the official residence used by Yoon Suk-yueh, South Korean media said. Search targets include encrypted phone servers, the president’s office, the Office of the Security Office, the residence of the chief of security, and so on. However, police were unable to enter the presidential office and the village residence.
In addition, the Special Investigation Team that day in order to obtain the former Minister of Administrative Security Li Xiangmin suspected civil unrest-related evidence, but also on the president’s office closed-circuit television (CCTV) and other searches. Li is under investigation for allegedly contacting the fire chief and others during emergency martial law to order the Kyunghyang Shinmun of power and water to some media outlets, including the state broadcaster, at Yin’s direction.
South Korea’s“News1” news website said on the 16th that in December last year, a special investigation team tried to search the encrypted phone server inside the security office, however, according to the criminal procedure, “Any place or article involving military or official secrets may be searched only with the consent of the person or agency in charge.”, police have been prevented from entering the interior of the presidential office and the Security Service. “Kyunghyang Shinmun” mentioned that the South Korean president undersecretary of Security Kim sung-hoon 15 announced his intention to resign, the outside world had been expected to guard the resistance will weaken, but this prediction failed to materialize.