Presidential security chief says no clashes, bloodshed should take place over attempt to detain Yoon

Park Chong-jun, chief of the Presidential Safety Service, seems earlier than the Joint Investigation Headquarters in western Seoul, Jan. 10 for questioning concerning allegations that he blocked investigators‘ try to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol. Yonhap

The top of the Presidential Safety Service (PSS) mentioned Friday any clashes or bloodshed shouldn’t happen when investigators once more try to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his botched martial regulation bid.

Park Chong-jun, chief of the PSS, made the remarks as he appeared earlier than police for questioning over allegations that he has ordered presidential safety officers to dam the Corruption Investigation Workplace for Excessive-ranking Officers (CIO), buttressed by police, from executing a warrant to detain Yoon.

„I consider many individuals have to be deeply involved in regards to the present state of affairs, whether or not authorities companies are clashing and confronting one another,“ Park mentioned. „There needs to be no bodily clashes and bloodshed underneath any circumstances.“

Park addressed public considerations over the confrontation between investigators and Yoon’s presidential safety service.

„I believe the investigation ought to proceed in a fashion befitting the standing of a sitting president,“ Park instructed reporters as he entered the Joint Investigation Headquarters in western Seoul.

Yoon has refused to cooperate with the CIO’s summonses for questioning or warrant execution because the company shouldn’t be technically approved to analyze expenses of rebellion that he faces over his transient imposition of martial regulation on Dec. 3.

The CIO and the police are at present reviewing whether or not to detain PSS workers within the occasion they attempt to block a second try to arrest Yoon.

Park, who has been booked on allegations of obstructing official duties, complied with the police’s third request for questioning, after defying two earlier requests.

Following the failed try to arrest Yoon final Friday, the PSS has strengthened the presidential residence by putting in barbed wire and barricades, and utilizing buses to dam entry to the residence in Seoul.

The CIO secured a brand new arrest warrant for Yoon on Tuesday after an preliminary seven-day order expired and is coordinating with police on the second try to arrest Yoon. (Yonhap)