Former Minister of the Interior and Safety Lee Sang-min’s Office Raided Over Rebellion Charges,
Yongsan Presidential Office / Photo=HankyungDB,
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, ‘On the 16th, the police investigating the December 3rd state of emergency began raiding the presidential office and official residence complex.’,
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, ‘The special investigation team on the state of emergency moved to execute search and seizure warrants at the Yongsan Presidential Office in Seoul and the official residence complex in Hannam-dong. Their aim is to secure materials related to charges against former President Yoon Seok-yeol and Kim Seong-hoon, Deputy Chief of the Presidential Security Service, for obstruction of special official duties. The Hannam-dong complex houses the residences of ministers and military command officials.’,
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, ‘Former President Yoon and Deputy Chief Kim are charged with obstructing the execution of a police arrest warrant against former President Yoon. Deputy Chief Kim is also accused of ordering the deletion of server records from secure phones (abuse of authority under the Presidential Security Act).’,
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, ‘Secure phone servers, the Presidential Security Service’s offices, and the residence of the Chief of Security are subjects of the search and seizure. The police have previously attempted to secure evidence like the secure phone servers within the Security Service, but Deputy Chief Kim has repeatedly blocked the efforts. Kim reportedly offered his resignation the previous day.’,
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, ‘Regarding former Minister Lee Sang-min’s rebellion charges, the police plan to raid the presidential office’s CCTV. However, the police stated that their recent applications for search warrants to check the presidential safe house’s CCTV and secure phone servers related to former Minister Lee’s rebellion charges were rejected by the prosecution.’,
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, ‘The police have indicated that an investigation into former President Yoon’s obstruction charges is necessary. A special investigation team representative stated at a regular briefing on the 14th, “We maintain that an investigation of former President Yoon is fundamentally necessary” and added, “The method of investigation will be determined once the investigation of the Presidential Security Service personnel concludes.”‘,
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