Deputy Chief of Security Kim Sung-hoon, who played a leading role in preventing the execution of the arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol, has been arrested.
Deputy Chief Kim claimed that he had performed his due security duties.
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Kim Sung-hoon, deputy head of the security service, appeared to the police after refusing to summon him three times.
He voluntarily attended two days after President Yoon Suk Yeol was arrested on the 15th.
For about 10 minutes before heading to the investigation room, Deputy Chief Kim claimed that it was the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit and the police who came to execute the warrant that committed the illegal act.
[Kim Sung-hoon / Deputy Director of Presidential Security Service] I did my due security duties. The Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit or the National Police Agency unilaterally damaged and invaded the main gate, a military facility, without any prior notice or consultation with us.
In response to allegations that he ordered the use of weapons, the bodyguards also denied ordering him to carry weapons at all times while on duty and carry additional weapons.
At the same time, he claimed that President Yoon's dissuasion prevented the clash between the security service and the headquarters.
[Kim Sung-hoon / Deputy Chief of the Presidential Security Service] The president said, 'Isn't armed conflict the only way to stop such a large number of police officers in small numbers? It should never be like that. This is not right. I'll be in attendance.' You've made up your mind.]Deputy Chief Kim, who is being defended by President Yoon's lawyers
, is expected to actively defend the president in the process of investigating the obstruction of the execution of the warrant in the future.
The police special investigation team executed an arrest warrant issued in advance as soon as the investigation into Deputy Chief Kim began, and is considering applying for an arrest warrant as soon as the investigation is completed.
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