Regarding the Presidential Security Service’s attempt to block the execution of an arrest warrant by the Senior Public Officials Investigation Office for President Yoon Seok-yeol on the 3rd, the Democratic Party of Korea said, “At the time, Presidential Security Service Director Park Jong-joon said, ‘If you are pushed back in a physical fight (with the Corruption Investigation Office), you will fire blank bullets, and if not, you will fire live rounds. He claimed, “He gave the order to also fire.” In response to this, the Secret Service said, “It is not true at all,” and “We will hold them legally responsible.”
Park Chan-dae, floor leader of the Democratic Party, claimed at the party’s general meeting on the 5th, “When the Corruption Investigation Office attempted to execute the arrest warrant for Yoon Seok-yeol, a shocking tip was received that some loyalist executives of the Secret Service gave orders to fire if they were pushed back in a physical fight.” . Floor leader Park said, “It is said that Director Park (of the Secret Service), Deputy Chief of Security Kim Seong-hoon, and Chief of Security Headquarters Lee Kwang-woo are frantically putting pressure on Secret Service employees,” and told Acting President Choi Sang-mok, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Strategy and Finance, that major Secret Service officials, including Director Park, demanded their dismissal.
The Democratic Party’s fact-finding team on the Yoon Seok-yeol rebellion also held a press conference this morning and raised suspicions about Director Park’s ‘order to fire.’ They claimed, “Circumstances have been confirmed that the National Security Agency has been preparing extreme resistance since yesterday, including installing barbed wire at the official residence and planning to deploy a fully armed anti-terrorism team in preparation for the execution of an arrest warrant for President Yoon.” Rep. Park Seon-won, a member of the investigation team, said, “The National Security Agency has sought to secure a water sprinkler truck to block the execution of the warrant, but it is said that the police have not responded so far.”
In response to this claim, the Secret Service said, “Director Park did his best to prevent physical conflict with the Corruption Investigation Office. “We make it clear that we have never given an order to fire, nor have we reviewed it,” he refuted. He continued, “We express strong regret over the unconfirmed one-sided claims and will hold those responsible for spreading false information legally responsible.”
Reporter Ahn Gyu-young [email protected]
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