 ▲ 18일 저녁 서울 마포구 서울서부지법에서 법무부 호송 차량이 법원을 빠져나가고 있다. © 뉴시스 |
고위공직자범죄수사처(공수처)가 청구한 윤석열 대통령 구속영장이 서울서부지법 영장실질심사(구속 전 피의자 심문·부장판사 차은경) 결과 19일 발부됐다.
서울서부지법 차은경 부장판사는 전날 심사한 윤 대통령 구속영장 청구건을 이날 새벽 늦게 "증거 인멸 염려가 있다"며 발부했다. 헌정사상 처음으로 현직 대통령이 탄핵심판·형사재판을 동시에 받게 됐다
이에 따라 전날 저녁 심사를 마치고 경기 의왕시 서울구치소로 복귀해 구인 피의자 대기실에 머무르며 결과를 기다리던 윤 대통령은 정식 구치소 입소 절차를 밟고 체포 기간 포함 향후 20일 간 구속 상태로 수사 받게 된다.
동시에 공수처 입장에선 여전한 수사권 유무 논란과 함께 향후 관련 수사에 일단 탄력이 붙게 된 가운데 윤 대통령 측이 법원에 구속적부심을 신청할지 주목된다.
한편 이날 윤 대통령에 대한 구속영장이 발부되자 하루내내 서부지법 밖에서 '구속기각'을 외치던 시민들은 '차은경 나와!' '이게 나라냐' '빨갱이 판사 나와!' 등 구호를 외치며 분노한 일부 시민들이 법원내로 진입하면서 경찰과 격한 대치를 벌이는 등 사태가 악화일로 상태로 치닫는 형국이다.
아래는 위 기사를 '구글 번역'으로 번역한 영문 기사의 [전문]입니다. '구글번역'은 이해도 높이기를 위해 노력하고 있습니다. 영문 번역에 오류가 있을 수 있음을 전제로 합니다.<*The following is [the full text] of the English article translated by 'Google Translate'. 'Google Translate' is working hard to improve understanding. It is assumed that there may be errors in the English translation.
Court issues arrest warrant for President Yoon Seok-yeol...first in constitutional history for a sitting president
Seoul Western District Court Chief Judge Cha Eun-kyung issued an order... President Yoon, who was waiting for the results while staying in the Seoul Detention Center suspect waiting room, went through the detention center admission procedure and was detained and investigated for 20 days including the arrest period
-kihong Kim reporter
The arrest warrant for President Yoon Seok-yeol requested by the High-ranking Officials' Corruption Investigation Office (Public Officials' Corruption Investigation Office) was issued on the 19th as a result of the substantive examination of the warrant by the Seoul Western District Court (interrogation of suspect before arrest, presiding judge Cha Eun-kyung).
Judge Cha Eun-kyung of the Seoul Western District Court issued an arrest warrant for President Yoon late in the morning, saying, “There is a risk of destruction of evidence.” For the first time in constitutional history, a sitting president will face impeachment and criminal trials at the same time.
Accordingly, President Yoon, who returned to the Seoul Detention Center in Uiwang-si, Gyeonggi-do after completing his examination the previous evening and stayed in the suspect waiting room while waiting for the results, will undergo formal detention center admission procedures and be investigated under detention for the next 20 days, including the period of arrest.
At the same time, with the controversy over whether the prosecution has investigative authority still ongoing and the related investigation gaining momentum, attention is being paid to whether President Yoon's side will file a request for a court review of the legitimacy of arrest.
Meanwhile, as soon as an arrest warrant for President Yoon was issued, citizens who had been chanting "Arrest dismissal" outside the Western District Court all day long began chanting slogans such as "Cha Eun-kyung, come out!", "Is this a country?", and "Commie judge, come out!", and some of the angry citizens entered the courthouse and engaged in a fierce confrontation with the police, and the situation is getting worse.
