South Korean investigators ask acting president to clarify Yoon Ka’s arrest Reuters

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean investigators again asked the country’s acting president on Saturday to order the presidential security service to follow up on an arrest warrant for impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol.

The security service, along with military forces, on Friday prevented prosecutors from arresting Yoon Suk Yeol for six hours inside Yoon’s computer. Investigators obtained an arrest warrant for Yoon for his brief declaration of martial law last month.

The High-Level Officials Corruption Investigation Bureau said on Saturday it had also asked Acting President Choi Sang-mok, the country’s finance minister, to order the presidential security service to cooperate with the warrant. .

A spokesman for the finance ministry declined to comment.

Yoon’s December 3 military announcement stunned South Korea and prompted the first arrest warrant for a sitting president.