South Korean investigators are asking the acting president to clear the way for Yoon’s arrest – The National
South Korean On Saturday, investigators again asked the acting president of the state to order the presidential security service to comply with the arrest warrant for the impeached president. Yoon Suk Yeol.
Security, along with military troops, prevented prosecutors from arresting Yoon Suk Yeol in a six-hour standoff inside Yoon’s compound on Friday. Investigators secured a warrant for Yoon’s arrest over his brief proclamation of a state of emergency last month.
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The High-ranking Corruption Investigation Bureau, which is investigating the case, said on Saturday it had again asked Acting President Choi Sang-mok, the state finance minister, to order the presidential security service to cooperate with the warrant.
A spokesman for the finance ministry declined to comment.
Police asked the head of the presidential security service, Park Chong-jun, to appear for questioning on Tuesday, Yonhap News reported.
Yoon’s extraordinary statement on December 3 stunned South Korea and led to the first arrest warrant issued for a sitting president.
