Police say they continue to track Yoon’s location amid flight rumors

This picture exhibits President Yoon Suk Yeol’s official residence in Seoul, Jan. 8. Yonhap

Police stated Wednesday they’re monitoring President Yoon Suk Yeol’s location amid rumors he could have fled from his residence whereas dealing with the specter of arrest over his short-lived imposition of martial legislation.

„We can not specifically disclose President Yoon’s location,“ a police official advised Yonhap Information Company. „We proceed to trace his location.“

Yoon is believed to have been largely holed up at his official residence in central Seoul for the reason that Nationwide Meeting impeached him on Dec. 14 over his failed martial legislation bid earlier that month.

Police confirmed he was residence final Friday when investigators tried to execute a warrant to detain him earlier than withdrawing 5 hours later amid a standoff with presidential safety workers, in response to sources. He was residence no less than till early this week, they stated.

Rumors that he could have fled had been sparked Tuesday by Oh Dong-woon, chief of the Corruption Investigation Workplace for Excessive-ranking Officers, who advised lawmakers throughout a parliamentary session that he had heard nothing particular about whether or not Yoon remained residence.

When requested if Yoon might have fled, he answered, „We’re serious about varied potentialities.“

In an interview with KBS radio Wednesday, Rep. Ahn Gyu-back of the primary opposition Democratic Occasion of Korea, claimed he had data Yoon has already left the residence and is hiding in a „third location.“

„I acquired a tip-off,“ Ahn stated. „I heard yesterday the police have additionally made an analogous location evaluation.“ (Yonhap)