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Signs of rift within the Presidential Security Service
Deputy Director Kim Seong-hoon “Arm yourself with heavy weapons”… No: “Resignation was requested at the executive meeting”
Former Director Park Jong-jun, a ‘negotiator’, “cooperates with the investigation”… The head of the Security and Safety Headquarters also responded to the investigation.
There are signs of internal cracks in the Presidential Security Service, which guards the so-called ‘Hannam-dong fortress’ where President Yoon Seok-yeol is hiding while refusing to investigate treason charges. This is because Lee Jin-ha, head of the Security and Security Headquarters, who is considered the ‘fourth-in-command’ following former head of the National Security Service Park Jong-joon, who blocked the execution of the first arrest warrant for President Yoon, responded to the police investigation. Former Director Park has insisted on negotiations over the investigation of President Yoon, and Director Lee is considered a person close to former Director Park within the Secret Service. While the ‘negotiators’ within the Secret Service attended the police, the second and third-ranking figures of the Secret Service who are considered ‘hardliners’, Acting Chief of the Security Service Kim Seong-hoon (Deputy Chief of the Security Service) and Chief of the Security Service Kwang-woo Lee refused the police investigation and refused to execute the second arrest warrant. They are showing their determination to take action. It is reported that internal opposition is growing stronger as Deputy Director Kim ordered, “Arm yourself with heavy weapons greater than submachine guns in preparation for the execution of a second arrest warrant,” following the resignation of former Director Park.
● ‘Negotiationist’ former Director Park “Cooperating faithfully with the investigation”
The Special Investigation Team of the National Investigation Headquarters of the National Police Agency (Director Woo Jong-soo) summoned former Director Park to the Migeun-dong police headquarters in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul on the 11th and interrogated him for about 14 hours. Following a 13-hour survey the previous day, the team embarked on a ‘marathon survey’ for two days in a row. After completing the investigation on the 11th, former Director Park met with reporters and said, “I am cooperating with the investigative agency’s investigation as faithfully as possible,” and “I explained everything in detail.” Director Lee Jin-ha, who appeared at the police on the 11th, also said in a police investigation that day, “I did not take the lead in ordering to block the execution of the first arrest warrant. It is said that he made a statement to the effect that he was merely conveying instructions from his superiors.
With the cooperation of former Director Park, the police have secured the cell phone and are analyzing it. There are predictions that the police may be able to identify internal movements of the Secret Service’s defense team based on the cell phone in question. It is reported that former Director Park was critical of the execution of the arrest warrant for President Yoon, but also took the position that there should not be physical conflict when executing the warrant.
Some say that in a situation where President Yoon trusted the so-called ‘Kim Geon-hee line’ such as Deputy Director Kim more than former Director Park, former Director Park decided that he had ‘done enough’ and attempted an exit strategy. Inside the Secret Service, there is talk that former Director Park was closer to Director Lee Jin-ha than Deputy Director Kim and Director Lee Gwang-woo. It is possible that former Director Park judged that it was no longer difficult to control the response of the Secret Service after Deputy Director Kim and Director Lee Kwang-woo, who were trusted by President Yoon, ‘passed’ him as the Chief of the National Security Agency.
● Strong internal opposition to the directive to ‘arm with heavy weapons’
Deputy Director Kim, who was acting as acting director, is known to have ordered a tougher stance to block arrest warrants, including the use of force against collaborators. According to Rep. Yoon Geon-young of the Democratic Party of Korea on the 12th, former Director Park ordered the principle of non-violence before police attendance, allowing investigators to enter, and moving a security vehicle when the president is arrested, but after his resignation, Deputy Director Kim canceled all of the former director’s orders and threatened to even engage in armed conflict. It is said that strong instructions were given. Rep. Yoon said, “Today, at a meeting of department and department heads of the National Security Agency, demands were made for the deputy chief of security and the head of the security headquarters to resign.”
On the 11th, President Yoon directly issued an order to Deputy Director Kim to ‘consider the use of force,’ and when Secret Service executives protested and demanded Deputy Director Kim’s resignation, Deputy Director Kim reportedly placed the officer on standby.
As the interior of the security office is shaking, even within the Mutual Aid Control Center, there is an expected response that ‘time is on our side’. It was reported on the 12th that the special unit had applied for an arrest warrant for Deputy Director Kim. After failing to appear on the 4th and 8th of this month, Deputy Director Kim applied for an arrest warrant on the 11th when he failed to appear for the investigation, saying, “As the acting chief of the National Security Agency, I cannot leave the office even for a moment in relation to the president’s security duties.” The special team also notified Kim Shin, the head of the family department, who, along with Deputy Director Kim, was pointed out as ‘Ms. Kim Geon-hee’s line’ within the Secret Service, to come to the police station and be investigated by 10 a.m. on the 14th.
Accordingly, there are predictions that when the Public Relations Agency begins its second arrest of President Yoon, it may arrest senior executives of the National Security Agency first, including Deputy Director Kim. The strategy is to neutralize the cordon by arresting Secret Service employees and then enter the residence to secure President Yoon’s safety.
Reporter Hwang Hyeong-jun [email protected]
Reporter Lee Sang-hwan [email protected]
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