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S. Korea Presidential security Chief responds the investigators

6 January 2025
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2025-01-06 09:35

South Korea's Presidential Security Service (PSS) Chief Park Jong-joon said he has no intention of letting investigators arrest impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol by Monday's deadline, because those under his charge are legally obliged to protect the country's sitting leader.

He added that "Executing an arrest warrant amid allegations of procedural and legal impropriety undermines the PSS's fundamental mission of securing the President's absolute safety". Yoon plunged the country into political chaos last month with the bungled martial law declaration and has since holed up in the presidential residence, surrounded by hundreds of loyal security officers.

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