S Korea presidential security chief says must be 'no bloodshed' over Yoon arrest

SEOUL:

South Korea

's

presidential security chief

said Friday there must be no bloodshed if

investigators

try again to execute an

arrest warrant

for impeached

President Yoon Suk Yeol

over his failed

martial law

bid.
Yoon has refused questioning and last week resisted arrest in a tense stand-off between his security team and investigators after his short-lived power grab plunged South Korea into its worst

political crisis

in decades.
"I understand many citizens are concerned about the current situation where government agencies are in conflict and confrontation," presidential security service chief

Park Chong-jun

told reporters Friday.
"I believe that under no circumstances should there be physical clashes or bloodshed," he added before being questioned at the Korean National Police Agency.

Investigators secured a new arrest warrant for Yoon this week after an initial seven-day order expired on Monday, with several hundred of his supporters braving sub-zero temperatures to rush to the presidential residence.
Rival protesters have either called for Yoon's

impeachment

to be declared invalid or for him to be detained immediately.
Yoon would become the first sitting South Korean president to be arrested if investigators are able to detain him.
Yoon's legal team have said they will not comply with the current warrant.
The

Corruption Investigation Office

(CIO) has declared that it would "prepare thoroughly" for the second arrest attempt.