At Internal Staff Meeting:
"I Will Work Only Until the End of This Month"
Kim Seong-hoon, Deputy Chief of the Presidential Security Service, who is accused of obstructing the arrest of former President Yoon Seok-yeol, has tendered his resignation.
Kim's resignation comes one week after the "petition letter incident," which called for the resignation of the top leadership, and 11 days after the dismissal of former President Yoon Seok-yeol.
At an internal staff meeting held at 2 p.m. on the 15th, Kim announced, "I will work only until the end of this month and then resign."
Lee Kwang-woo, Chief of the Security Headquarters, who is also accused of obstructing the execution of the arrest warrant for former President Yoon, is reported to have taken leave until the 25th.
Earlier, Presidential Security Service employees circulated a petition letter urging the resignations of Deputy Chief Kim and Chief Lee. It is reported that more than half of the approximately 700 security service employees participated in the petition.
The petition stated, "The current Security Service stands at a crossroads of organizational survival, burdened with the mocking stigma of being a private soldier group," and "The main culprits, Deputy Chief Kim and Chief Lee, have privatized the Security Service by leveraging the former president's trust, committing various illegal acts including abuse of authority, thereby endangering the organization."
Deputy Chief Kim and Chief Lee are under police investigation for allegedly leading the obstruction of the execution of former President Yoon's arrest warrant and ordering the deletion of communication records from the presidential office's secret phone (charges include obstruction of special official duties and abuse of authority under the Presidential Security Act).
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