South Korea investigators ask Acting President to clear way for Yoon’s arrest
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The police and protestors during a demonstration against impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul on Jan 4.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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SEOUL – South Korean investigators again asked the country’s Acting President on Jan 4 to order the Presidential Security Service to comply with an arrest warrant for impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol
The security service, along with military troops, on Jan 3 prevented prosecutors from arresting Mr Yoon in a six-hour stand-off inside his compound.
The investigators secured the warrant to arrest Mr Yoon over his brief declaration of martial law in December.
The Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials on Jan 4 said it had again asked Acting President Choi Sang-mok, the nation’s finance minister, to order the Presidential Security Service to cooperate with the warrant.
A Finance Ministry spokesperson declined to comment.
The police asked the chief of the presidential security service, Mr Park Chong-jun, to appear for questioning on Jan 7, Yonhap News reported.
Mr Yoon’s Dec 3 martial declaration stunned South Korea and led to the first arrest warrant to be issued for a sitting president. REUTERS
