Al Jazeera :
The head of South Korea’s presidential security service has resigned after warning authorities to avoid “bloodshed” in any attempt to arrest impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol over his short-lived declaration of martial law.
Park Jong-joon, the head of the Presidential Security Service, stepped down on Friday amid an investigation into allegations of obstruction of public duty.
The office of acting President Choi Sang-mok confirmed that it had accepted Park’s resignation after he appeared for police questioning earlier in the day.
Speaking as he arrived for questioning, Park said that many citizens were concerned about the possibility of violence if investigators sought to execute another arrest warrant against Yoon.
“I came here today with the belief that under no circumstances should there be any physical clashes or bloodshed, and am hoping to prevent such incidents from occurring,” Park told reporters at the Joint Investigation Headquarters in Seoul.
The Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials (CIO) and police are preparing to make a second attempt to detain Yoon after his security detail last week blocked investigators from executing a warrant at his office residence.
