SEOUL: Rival camps of South Korean protesters clashed in chaotic scenes exterior the presidential complicated on Thursday (Jan 2), some attempting to guard the impeached president from arrest whereas others known as for his fast detention.
President Yoon Suk Yeol got here underneath fireplace from lawmakers final month for his ill-fated declaration of martial regulation, and investigators probing him over the revolt have a detention warrant they vowed to execute earlier than Monday.
But a whole bunch of Yoon’s diehard supporters, together with far-right YouTube personalities and evangelical Christian leaders, rallied exterior his compound in Seoul, dealing with off towards the anti-Yoon camp and riot police.
One lady threw herself in entrance of a police bus, spreading her arms throughout the windshield, whereas different Yoon supporters lay on the street – with their eyes closed, arms crossed in entrance of them – when police tried to maneuver them.
One protester, Park Shi-dong, 74, instructed AFP he was there to “battle to the dying to save lots of liberal democracy”, saying Yoon’s imposition of martial regulation was justified and that he shouldn’t be faraway from workplace.
“Impeach invalid,” protesters shouted, waving South Korean flags and crimson gentle sticks.
“Yoon Suk Yeol, Yoon Suk Yeol, we shield! We shield!” they shouted.
Dozens of individuals have been live-streaming the protests on YouTube channels, AFP journalists noticed.
