The Chief of the Presidential Security Service said, "It is a dereliction of duty to comply with a warrant for a controversy over illegal acts."

"Security equivalent to the current president...Action against conflict"
"No more clashes between state agencies"
"Protect past presidents, transcending political factions and ideologies."

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As the opposition party's offensive intensified, Secretary of Security Park Jong-joon issued an unusual statement and repeatedly insisted that it was justified to block the execution of the warrant against President Yoon.

The presidential office also helped the security office, saying that President Yoon is still the first security target of the security office.

Reporter Shin Yoon-jung reports.

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In a five-minute personal statement, Park Jong-joon, the head of the Presidential Security Service, first explained why the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit did not approve the entry into the presidential residence on the 3rd.

In a situation where there are various controversies over the investigation rights of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit and the procedure for issuing arrest warrants, it was judged that it was a dereliction of duty to comply with the execution of warrants.

[Park Jong-joon / Chief of Presidential Security: Giving up presidential security is the fact that the presidential security agency, which values the president's absolute safety, responds to the execution of arrest warrants amid controversy over expediency and illegality....]

At the same time, President Yoon is receiving corresponding security as prescribed by law as the incumbent president,
In the process of executing the
warrant, he refuted the claim of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit that it was an illegal obstruction of the execution of the warrant, saying, "We have taken measures to prevent violence and physical conflict."

He said he asked the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit to be cautious in law enforcement in consideration of the current presidential status, and stressed that state agencies should no longer be in conflict.

[Park Jong-joon / Chief of Presidential Security: To protect the honor of the president and the national dignity of the Republic of Korea by carefully reviewing the investigation process....]

Director Park said that the security service has protected past presidents beyond political factions and ideologies since its establishment in 1963, and asked them to refrain from insulting remarks that they have become private soldiers.

In the midst of this, the presidential office also helped the security agency's argument.

Chief of Staff Jeong Jin-seok said that the first security target of the security service is still President Yoon,
A senior
official noted that arbitrarily removing security personnel could cause another problem.

A senior presidential official also issued a warning message to the military and police, saying that the guards who withdrew during the execution of the warrant will have to be held accountable later.

The first statement in the name of the presidential security chief and the presidential office's message are interpreted as a paving stone for the attempt to re-enforce the arrest warrant by the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit amid the opposition party's offensive.

I'm YTN's Shin Yoon Jung.