WNAM REPORT: The head of the Presidential Security Service (PSS) once again did not appear before police Tuesday for questioning regarding allegations that he blocked investigators’ attempt to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over a martial law probe.
Park Chong-jun, chief of the PSS, has been booked on charges of obstructing official duties as presidential security officials have blocked the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) from executing a warrant to detain Yoon.
Park declined the police’s initial request for questioning Saturday and did not comply with the deadline set for 10 a.m.
“It is difficult for Park to appear today as he has not yet appointed legal representation. He will coordinate the date for questioning after appointing a lawyer today or tomorrow,” the PSS said in a press notice.
Yoon has refused to cooperate with the CIO’s summonses for questioning or warrant execution as the agency is not technically authorized to investigate charges of insurrection that he faces over his brief imposition of martial law on Dec. 3.
The CIO and the police are jointly reviewing whether to detain PSS staff in the event they try to block a second attempt to arrest Yoon, according to police.
