The police on the 17th again requested Kim Shin, the family chief of the Presidential Security Service, who is accused of blocking the attempt to arrest President Yoon Seok-yeol, to appear.


The National Investigation Headquarters Emergency Martial Law Special Investigation Unit of the National Police Agency requested Kim Shin, Head of Family Affairs at the Presidential Security Service, to appear on the 14th on charges of obstructing the execution of official duties, but he did not attend that day. Kim is accused of preventing the High-ranking Officials' Crime Investigation Division and the police from executing an arrest warrant for President Yoon Seok-yeol on the 3rd. Photo by Jo Yong-jun

The National Investigation Headquarters Emergency Martial Law Special Investigation Unit of the National Police Agency requested Kim Shin, Head of Family Affairs at the Presidential Security Service, to appear on the 14th on charges of obstructing the execution of official duties, but he did not attend that day. Kim is accused of preventing the High-ranking Officials' Crime Investigation Division and the police from executing an arrest warrant for President Yoon Seok-yeol on the 3rd. Photo by Jo Yong-jun

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The Special Investigation Unit of the National Police Agency stated, "Kim was summoned to appear by 10 a.m. on the 20th."


The Special Investigation Unit had previously ordered Kim to appear by 10 a.m. on the 14th, but he did not show up.



Kim is classified as a hardliner who opposed the execution of the arrest warrant for President Yoon, along with Kim Seong-hoon, Deputy Chief of Security, and Lee Kwang-woo, Head of the Security Headquarters.


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