Seoul: First lady Kim Keon Hee purportedly berated the Presidential Security Service (PSS) for failing to stop investigators from detaining President Yoon Suk Yeol in January, according to sources Wednesday.
According to Yonhap News Agency, Kim's alleged remark was described in arrest warrants that police sought for two senior PSS officials-acting chief Kim Seong-hoon and bodyguard division chief Lee Kwang-woo-on Monday on charges of obstructing investigators' first attempt to detain Yoon on January 3. The warrants reportedly described the first lady as berating a PSS officer after investigators succeeded at their second detention attempt on January 15, saying, "What's the point of carrying a gun? You're supposed to stop something like that."
She also allegedly expressed her despair by claiming to want to "shoot Chairman Lee Jae-myung and then die myself," referring to the leader of the main opposition Democratic Party. The PSS officer allegedly reported the incident to his superiors.
Yoon's office denied the first lady's alleged remarks. "We do not believe it is true, but we will not respond," the presidential office said.