Presidential office denies flight speculations on Yoon

Buses are parked in entrance of the doorway of President Yoon Suk Yeol’s official residence in Yongsan District, Seoul, Jan. 8. Yonhap

The presidential workplace on Wednesday denied speculations that President Yoon Suk Yeol may need fled his residence amid investigators‘ try and detain him for a probe into his short-lived imposition of martial legislation.

„(I) have heard the president is at the moment staying on the official residence,“ a presidential official with information of the matter advised Yonhap Information Company by telephone, with out offering additional particulars.

Police stated they’re monitoring Yoon’s location amid rumors he could have fled from his residence in central Seoul as investigators led by the Corruption Investigation Workplace for Excessive-ranking Officers (CIO) have been mulling methods to arrest the impeached president.

Rep. Ahn Gyu-back of the primary opposition Democratic Get together claimed in an interview with KBS radio Wednesday that he had info Yoon has already left the residence and is hiding in a „third location.“

Throughout a parliamentary session Tuesday, Oh Dong-woon, chief of the CIO, advised lawmakers he had heard nothing particular about whether or not Yoon remained dwelling. (Yonhap)