SEOUL - The head of South Korea’s Presidential Security Service (PSS) has emphasised that any attempts to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed martial law bid must not result in clashes or bloodshed, Yonhap news agency reported.
PSS Chief Park Chong Jun made the remarks while appearing before the police for questioning regarding allegations that he had instructed presidential security officials to obstruct the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO), supported by police, from executing a warrant to detain Yoon.
"I believe many people are deeply concerned about the current situation, with government agencies potentially clashing and confronting one another. There must be no physical clashes or bloodshed under any circumstances,” said Park.
Park sought to address public concerns about the standoff between investigators and Yoon's presidential security team.
"I believe the investigation should be conducted in a manner befitting the status of a sitting president," he told reporters as he entered the Joint Investigation Headquarters in western Seoul.
Yoon has refused to cooperate with the CIO's summonses for questioning or the execution of a warrant, citing the agency's lack of technical authority to investigate insurrection charges stemming from his brief imposition of martial law on Dec 3. - BERNAMA-YONHAP