SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean investigators again asked the country’s acting president on Saturday to order the presidential security service to serve an arrest warrant for impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol.
The security service, along with military troops, on Friday prevented prosecutors from arresting Yoon Suk Yeol in a six-hour standoff inside Yoon’s compound. Investigators obtained the arrest warrant for Yoon for his brief declaration of martial law last month.
The Corruption Investigation Bureau for High-ranking Officials said Saturday that it had again asked acting President Choi Sang-mok, the country’s finance minister, to order the presidential security service to cooperate with the order.
A Finance Ministry spokesman declined to comment.
Yoon’s martial declaration on December 3 surprised South Korea and led to the first arrest warrant being issued for a sitting president.