By South China Morning Post | Created at 2025-03-20 04:41:41 | Updated at 2025-03-20 18:51:26
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South Korean first lady Kim Keon-hee expressed strong anger towards the Presidential Security Service (PSS) after suspended president Yoon Suk-yeol was arrested earlier this year, demanding to know why agents “didn’t fire” during the arrest.
Police are now considering her remarks as key evidence suggesting an intention to obstruct law enforcement’s execution of a detention warrant by force.
According to multiple sources the Hankook Ilbo contacted, these statements were included in the warrant request submitted to the Seoul Western District Prosecutors’ Office for Kim Sung-hoon, deputy chief of the PSS, and Lee Kwang-woo, chief of the service’s bodyguard division. Prosecutors reviewed additional evidence submitted by police before filing the request.
Kim Keon-hee reportedly visited the family protection desk within the Hannam-dong presidential residence in Seoul on January 15, shortly after Yoon’s arrest, and became visibly angry.
She criticised the security officers for not preventing the execution of the warrant, saying, “I’m disappointed in the security service. Guns are meant to be used for this. What were you doing not firing them?”
She also reportedly said: “Honestly, I feel like shooting (Democratic Party of Korea leader) Lee Jae-myung and taking my own life.”
