South Korean investigators again asked the country’s interim president on Saturday to order the presidential security service to comply with an arrest warrant for ousted President Yoon Suk-yul.
On Friday, the security service, along with military forces, prevented prosecutors from arresting Yoon Suk-yeol in a six-hour standoff inside Yoon’s compound. Investigators obtained an arrest warrant for Yoon over his brief declaration of martial law last month.
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The Senior Officials Corruption Investigation Bureau, which is investigating the case, said on Saturday that it had again asked Acting President Choe Sang-mok, the country’s finance minister, to order the Presidential Security Service to cooperate with the arrest warrant.
A Ministry of Finance spokesman declined to comment.
Police asked Presidential Security Chief Park Chung-jun to come in for questioning on Tuesday, Yonhap News Agency reported.
Yoon’s military declaration on December 3 caught South Korea by surprise and led to the issuance of the first arrest warrant for a sitting president.
