(2nd LD) police-presidential safe house

(2nd LD) Police raid presidential safe house, security service in martial law probe

(ATTN: UPDATES with raid results in last para)

SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Yonhap) -- Police on Friday raided a presidential safe house where President Yoon Suk Yeol allegedly met with senior police officials to discuss his plan to impose martial law.

The aim of the raid was to secure CCTV footage and identify the people who entered the building just hours before martial law was declared on Dec. 3, police said.

A simultaneous raid was attempted on the Presidential Security Service, located separately on the presidential office compound, but investigators were blocked from entering, according to the police.

Police also failed to obtain the security camera footage, as the Presidential Security Service denied them access to the safe house, citing official and military secrets. After a three-hour standoff, the officers retreated empty-handed.

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