The prosecution has requested arrest warrants for Kim Seong-hoon, Deputy Chief of the Presidential Security Service, and others. Deputy Chief Kim is suspected of obstructing the arrest of President Yoon Seok-yeol.
According to the National Police Agency on the 18th, the Seoul Western District Prosecutors' Office filed arrest warrants with the Western District Court the previous day for Deputy Chief Kim and Lee Gwang-woo, Head of the Security Headquarters, following a police request.
Deputy Chief Kim and Head Lee are accused of obstructing the first arrest operation of President Yoon by the police and the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (special obstruction of official duties).
They are also suspected of abusing their authority under the Presidential Security Act by unfairly disciplining security service officials who did not follow orders to prevent the arrest and instructing the deletion of records from secure phones (confidential phones).
The prosecution had previously rejected the police's arrest warrant requests for Deputy Chief Kim and others three times.
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