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S. KOREA

Police books Yoon for obstructing execution

South Korea's police booked President Yoon Suk-yeol for obstructing the execution of a warrant for his arrest, multiple media outlets said on Friday. The police were quoted as saying that its special investigative unit had booked and investigated Yoon over the suspicion of obstructing the execution of his arrest warrant. The police seized text messages between Yoon and Kim Seong-hoon, the presidential security service's deputy chief, in which Yoon reportedly instructed Kim to block investigators' arrest attempts in the presidential residence. The messages were exchanged on Jan 3 when investigators failed to apprehend him, and on Jan 7 when Yoon allegedly gave Kim instructions to block the second arrest attempt.