South Korea’s presidential security chief, Park Chong-jun on Friday said there must be no bloodshed if investigators attempt to execute another arrest warrant for impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed martial law bid.
It was gathered that Yoon has refused questioning and last week resisted arrest in a tense stand-off between his guards and investigators after his short-lived power grab plunged South Korea into its worst political crisis in decades.
“I understand many citizens are concerned about the current situation where government agencies are in conflict and confrontation.
“I believe that under no circumstances should there be physical clashes or bloodshed,” Chong-jun said.
Investigators seeking to interrogate Yoon on insurrection charges linked to his ill-fated declaration of martial law secured a new arrest warrant this week after an initial seven-day order expired on Monday.
Scores of Yoon’s supporters are said to have rushed to the presidential residence, braving sub-zero temperatures to defend him.
Rival protests have either called for Yoon’s impeachment to be declared invalid or for him to be detained immediately.
Newspot reports that if investigators are able to detain him, Yoon would become the first sitting South Korean president to be arrested.
However, his legal team have said they will not comply with the current warrant.
The Corruption Investigation Office, CIO, has declared it would prepare thoroughly for the second arrest attempt.
CIO chief, Oh Dong-woon, has apologised for the failed first arrest attempt, saying he was heartbroken.
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