South Korean Presidential Guards Refuse to Leave Their Positions

Thanh Hà |

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's bodyguard chief refuses police questioning request.

Two senior officials of the Presidential Security Service (PSS) refused questioning requests from South Korean police on January 4, a day after the state anti-corruption agency sought to arrest President Yoon Suk Yeol.

According to Yonhap, in a message sent to the media, PSS said that both PSS leader Park Chong Jun and PSS Deputy Leader Kim Seong Hoon did not leave their posts "even for a minute" due to the importance of ensuring security for President Yoon Suk Yeol.

The Presidential Security Service said it was in talks with police to reschedule the questioning session.

On January 3, the Corruption Investigation Office of Senior Officials (CIO) sought to execute an arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol over the martial law decree on December 3, 2024.

After a standoff with PSS guards and soldiers that lasted about six hours, with about 200 people forming a shield blocking the entrance to the presidential residence, the CIO called off its efforts to capture President Yoon Suk Yeol.

For its part, the Presidential Security Service threatened legal action against the "illegal intrusion".

Six opposition parties, led by the Democratic Party, have demanded sanctions against Presidential Security Service chief Park Chong Jun for his role in the January 3 confrontation.

At a joint press conference in the National Assembly, leaders of six opposition parties said he should be removed from office and arrested on charges of obstructing the performance of official duties, concealing crimes and abuse of power.

Opposition parties also accused Park Chong Jun and the rest of the Presidential Security Service of being complicit in the rebellion.

Opposition parties also accused Acting President Choi Sang Mok of being responsible for the confrontation and that he had to ask the PSS to cooperate with the CIO.

Opposition parties called on the CIO to carry out the arrest warrant "swiftly", stressing that the CIO "must not be allowed to retreat any further".

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