SEOUL: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s safety chief stated on Friday (Jan 10) that the impeached chief, who faces arrest in a prison investigation over his Dec. 3 name for martial legislation, has been handled unfairly for a sitting chief and warned that bloodshed should be averted.
Park Chong-jun, head of the Presidential Security Service (PSS), is himself beneath investigation for obstructing his official duties in reference to a six-hour standoff final week between PSS officers and investigators attempting to hold out a Arrest warrant for Yoon.
Arriving at police headquarters for questioning, Park, who’s a former senior police official, stated the present try and arrest a sitting president was incorrect and that Yoon deserved remedy “befitting” the nation’s standing.
“I imagine there ought to be no bodily confrontation or bloodshed beneath any circumstances,” Park advised reporters, including that interim President Choi Sang-mok had not responded to his request for safety ensures for the officers concerned.
