Police aim to undermine Presidential Security Service’s defense of Yoon

Police Aim To Undermine Presidential Security Service's Defense Of Yoon

An entrance to the National Office of Investigation in Seoul, Sunday / Yonhap

An entrance to the Nationwide Workplace of Investigation in Seoul, Sunday / Yonhap

President to not attend Constitutional Court docket trial on Tuesday
By Anna J. Park

The police look like attempting to weaken the management of the Presidential Safety Service (PSS), which has been resolutely blocking efforts to execute a detention warrant in opposition to President Yoon Suk Yeol for his botched martial regulation imposition final month.

The investigators‘ transfer comes amid heightened stress earlier than their anticipated second try and execute the warrant, following the primary one which failed on Jan. 3 after an over-five-hour confrontation with the PSS.

Park Chong-jun, the previous chief, appeared for police questioning, Friday, over his alleged obstruction of the responsibility of the Corruption Investigation Workplace for Excessive-ranking Officers (CIO) in regards to the detention warrant of Yoon.

He did so after refusing two earlier requests. Park was questioned on Friday and Saturday.

Earlier than his Friday look, Park additionally tendered his resignation to appearing President Choi Sang-mok, who accepted it.

Regardless of being important of the detention warrant in opposition to the president, Park, a former police officer who was thought-about a reasonable voice, didn’t totally dismiss the need of investigating the president. Park additionally opposed any bodily confrontations through the execution of the warrant, additional emphasizing his reasonable stance.

After Park’s resignation, PSS deputy chief Kim Sung-hoon turned the appearing chief.

Police now search to analyze Kim on the identical expenses going through Park. Additionally they search to detain him as he has refused over three requests to look for questioning.

4 senior officers from the PSS have been formally charged over obstructing the execution of the detention warrant for the president, however Kim is the primary to face a detention warrant for himself.

„Because the appearing chief throughout this important interval, Kim Sung-hoon can’t afford to step away from his duties associated to the president’s safety,“ the PSS mentioned in an announcement launched to the press, Saturday, clarifying Kim’s refusal to current himself for questioning.

Underneath Article 200 of the Prison Process Act, the authorities could search a warrant to detain a suspect who fails to adjust to lawful summons with out cheap justification.

But, even when a warrant is issued, it stays unsure whether or not Kim would willingly adjust to the detention warrant.

Park Chong-jun, center, former chief of the Presidential Security Service, leaves the National Office of Investigation in Seoul, Friday, after being questioned over his role in preventing investigators from executing a warrant to detain President Yoon Suk Yeol on Jan. 3. Yonhap

Park Chong-jun, middle, former chief of the Presidential Safety Service, leaves the Nationwide Workplace of Investigation in Seoul, Friday, after being questioned over his position in stopping investigators from executing a warrant to detain President Yoon Suk Yeol on Jan. 3. Yonhap

Not like Park, Kim is evaluated as a staunch defender of the safety service’s mission and has reportedly been on the forefront of efforts to dam additional makes an attempt to detain the president.

The police’s motion in opposition to Kim is predicted to weaken the PSS’ protection technique for Yoon’s residence, doubtlessly leaving it extra weak to efforts to execute the detention warrant. Amid these escalating tensions, indicators of inside discord throughout the PSS surfaced, with reviews indicating important unrest. The attainable fragmentation of the management might additional improve the chance of efficiently finishing up the detention warrant in opposition to the president.

In the meantime, Yoon’s attorneys mentioned, Sunday, that the president is not going to attend the formal listening to on the Constitutional Court docket scheduled for Tuesday over his impeachment movement handed on the Nationwide Meeting. They cited considerations over private security, calling the detention warrant „unlawful.“

„If security and safety points in regards to the president are resolved, he’ll attend the trial at any time,“ the president’s lawyer Yoon Kap-keun mentioned.

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