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South Korea Presidential Security Chief Warns Against Violent Attempt to Arrest Yoon

January 10, 2025, 01.07 PM | Source: Reuters
South Korea Presidential Security Chief Warns Against Violent Attempt to Arrest Yoon

ILUSTRASI. Pro-Yoon demonstrators attend a rally in support of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol near his official residence, in Seoul, South Korea, January 6, 2025. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

KOREA SELATAN - SEOUL. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's security chief said on Friday the impeached leader, who faces arrest over a criminal probe into his Dec. 3 martial law bid, has been unfairly treated for a sitting leader and warned bloodshed must be avoided.

Park Chong-jun, head of the Presidential Security Service (PSS), is himself under investigation for obstructing official duty related to a six-hour standoff last week between PSS agents and investigators trying to execute an arrest warrant for Yoon.

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