South Korean police asked to execute arrest warrant for impeached president

South Korea’s anti-corruption agency said on Monday that it had asked police to take over the execution of an arrest warrant for impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol. The request comes after a failed attempt to execute an arrest warrant on Friday following a tense stand-off with presidential guards who formed a human chain to block access by the investigators.

A joint team of investigators from the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) and police are probing allegations that Yoon masterminded insurrection with his short-lived imposition of martial law.

The CIO sent a notice to police to request the takeover, the anti-corruption agency said in a statement to reporters.