Park Jong-joon, former chief of security, returns home without an emergency arrest.

2025.01.11. AM 03:37
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Park Jong-joon, former chief of security who is accused of obstructing the execution of an arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol, returned home after being investigated for more than 13 hours.

There were predictions that he would be arrested urgently, but as his resignation letter was accepted during the investigation, the police returned Park to his home for now.

Reporter Kim Yi-young on the report.

[Reporter]
Park Jong-joon, a former security chief who responded to the police's third summons as a suspect for obstructing the execution of special public affairs, returned home after 13 hours of investigation.

[Park Jong-joon/Former Presidential Security Service: We tried to do our best to investigate the investigation agency and explained it in detail]

He remained silent and unanswered about specific questions about the execution of the warrant, including the reason for expressing his resignation or whether the cordon was his idea, or the internal situation of the security service.

Earlier, the police also considered urgently arresting former Minister Park for refusing to comply with the request for attendance twice, but did not take it into action.

The resignation letter issued by Park before the police appearance was accepted during the investigation, and the current status was lost,
It is reported that the government decided that it was not necessary to forcefully secure recruits as it took the form of cooperating with the investigation, even though it was a formality of
.

However, the possibility of applying for an arrest warrant in advance is open.

The police and the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit's plan to secure recruits from the top of the security service, break down the command system, and execute a second arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol has been disrupted.

The police said that the third request for attendance of Deputy Chief of Security Kim Sung-hoon, who is expected to serve as deputy chief of security, is today (11th),
If
does not comply, it is expected that the application for an arrest warrant will be considered.

Lee Kwang-woo and Lee Jin-ha, head of the Security and Safety Headquarters, who were also charged with obstructing the execution of special public affairs, will be forced to investigate if they continue to refuse to attend.

I'm YTN's Kim Lee Young.





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