Police plan to arrest 'acting' Kim Sung-hoon, deputy chief of security...There are signs of a break in the security service.

2025.01.12. PM 1:55
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[Anchor]
The police reportedly requested an arrest warrant for Kim Sung-hoon, the deputy chief of the security service, who did not respond to all three requests for attendance.

While Park Jong-joon and Lee Jin-ha, former head of the Security and Safety Headquarters, responded to the police summons, there seems to be considerable agitation within the security office.

I'm connecting the reporter who is on the scene. Reporter Lim Yejin!

[Reporter]
Yes, this is the National Investigation Headquarters of the National Police Agency.

[Anchor]
The police plan to secure Kim Sung-hoon, the deputy head of the security service, who refused to comply with the third attendance?

[Reporter]
Yes, earlier, the police asked Kim Sung-hoon, the deputy head of the security service, to appear three times,
Deputy Chief Kim
did not respond at all, saying he could not leave for a moment as acting head of security at a serious time.

Kim, who became the head of the security service when former Chief Park Jong-joon stepped down from his position, is classified as a hardliner in the organization, unlike Park, who was a former police officer.

The police reportedly requested an arrest warrant after Deputy Chief Kim did not respond to all three summonses.As Deputy Chief Kim is known to lead the arrest of President

Yoon, it seems that if the police secure Deputy Chief Kim's whereabouts, there could be a crack in the defense line of the official residence.
If a
arrest warrant is issued, there is a possibility that the second arrest attempt against President Yoon will be attempted to execute the warrant against Deputy Chief Kim first.

[Anchor]
You have the head of the security service who responded to the police summons, right?

[Reporter]
Yes, there are a total of four leaders of the security service charged with obstructing the execution of President Yoon's arrest warrant,
Park Jong-joon, former head of the Security and Safety Department, and Lee Jin-ha, who are considered relatively moderate among
, attended the police and were investigated.

Lee Kwang-woo, another hardliner, was also summoned by the police twice, but he did not respond.

The police notified Director Lee to attend by 10 a.m. tomorrow,

If it doesn't come out tomorrow, it is expected to consider an arrest warrant for Director Lee.

Recently, an article was posted on the internal bulletin board of the security office that it may be illegal to prevent the execution of the warrant by physical force, but it was reported that it was deleted under the order of Deputy Chief Kim Sung-hoon,
Ahead of the execution of the second arrest warrant for President
Yoon, internal disturbance at the security office seems to be growing as some leaders have shown signs of cracking as they follow a police summons.

So far, I'm YTN Lim Ye-jin from the National Police Agency's National Investigation Headquarters.

a photographer
; Kim Jung-won


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