SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean investigators once more requested the nation’s appearing president on Saturday to order the presidential safety service to adjust to an arrest warrant for impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol.
The safety service, together with army troops, on Friday prevented prosecutors from arresting Yoon Suk Yeol in a six-hour standoff inside Yoon’s compound. The investigators secured the warrant to arrest Yoon over his transient declaration of martial regulation final month.
The Corruption Investigation Workplace for Excessive-Rating Officers, which is investigating the case, stated on Saturday it had once more requested appearing President Choi Sang-mok, the nation’s finance minister, to order the presidential safety service to cooperate with the warrant.
A finance ministry spokesperson declined to remark.
The police requested the chief of the presidential safety service, of Park Chong-jun, to look for questioning on Tuesday, Yonhap Information reported.
Yoon’s Dec. 3 martial declaration shocked South Korea and led to the primary arrest warrant to be issued for a sitting president.
