Chief of security, police attendance..."The investigation should be conducted to match the president's status."

[Anchor]
Park Jong-joon, head of the National Security Agency, who is accused of obstructing the execution of an arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol, appeared a little while ago at the National Police Agency's National Investigation Headquarters after refusing to comply with the request twice.

Director Park argued that the investigation process should be carried out in accordance with the current presidential status, and that it is not the current method of executing arrest warrants.

I'm connecting you with more news and reporters. Reporter Shin Gwihye!Director Park

attended the police, right?

[Reporter]
Chief of Security Park Jong-joon attended the police at 10 a.m. a little while ago.

Earlier, the police notified Director Park Jong-joon of his attendance on two occasions, but Director Park did not respond, saying that it was a time when security was severe or that he had not yet appointed an attorney.

Police have been internally considering applying for an arrest warrant if they do not comply with the third investigation scheduled today.

Director Park is accused of obstructing the execution of an arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol on the 3rd.

In today's investigation, questions related to this are expected to mainly follow.

[Anchor]
Director Park, did you make any announcement on your attendance?

[Reporter]
Director Park said he has requested a third alternative to Acting President Choi Sang-mok and President Yoon's lawyers to prevent bloodshed, and insisted that an investigation suitable for his status as president should be conducted.

I'll listen to your remarks.

[Park Jong-joon / Presidential Security Service Director: I don't think it's the current procedure for executing arrest warrants. I hope that the investigation process will proceed appropriately to the president in accordance with Korea's national prestige.]

Director Park explained that he intended to respond to the police investigation from the beginning, and that the defense team's preparation was delayed a little, so he came to the investigation today.

When asked by reporters whether the arrest warrant was legally issued, he answered that he thought there would be a legal dispute and entered the investigation room.

[Anchor]
The police summoned the heads of the metropolitan area's regional investigation team ahead of the execution of the second arrest warrant for President Yoon?

[Reporter]
The National Police Agency has notified the heads of the Metropolitan Police Agency's regional investigation team to gather in the National Police Agency by 2 p.m. today.

It seems that the leaders of the optical team were brought together today to discuss detailed plans ahead of the execution of the second arrest warrant.

Right now, there are more than 1,000 people under the Gwangsu Group of the four police agencies in the metropolitan area.

As the validity period of the second arrest warrant is about two weeks, about a week longer than the last warrant, the police are expected to carefully discuss the execution plan with the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit.

So far, I'm YTN Shin Gwihye from the National Police Agency's National Investigation Headquarters.

Photographer: Shim Won-bo