The Korean National Police Agency will issue warning measures to the chief of the Mapo Police Station and others, holding them accountable for the police's failure to secure order during the disturbance at the Seoul Western District Court.
According to the police on the 12th, the Korean National Police Agency decided to issue authority warnings to the chief of the Mapo Police Station, the head of the Mapo Police Station's security department, and the chief of the Mapo Police Station's information department based on the results of internal inspections regarding the police response during the disturbance at the Western District Court on the 19th of last month. It is reported that they will notify the individuals of this decision soon.
An authority warning is a disciplinary measure that does not fall under the punishments stipulated by law. However, within the police, individuals will face disadvantages in personnel matters, such as a reduction in reward points.
Supporters of President Yoon Suk-yeol, upon learning that an arrest warrant had been issued for the president early in the morning of the 19th of last month, broke through the police barriers set up by the Western District Court and stormed into the court, searching for the judge who issued the arrest warrant, damaging windows and other property.
The police identified over 100 individuals, including those who caused a disturbance at the Western District Court and protesters who obstructed police duties the day before and attacked vehicles of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials, and arrested 70 of them.