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Ex-Police Chief Yoon Hee-keun calls special prosecutor's search 'absurd'
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Ex-Police Chief Yoon Hee-keun calls special prosecutor's search 'absurd'

From Dong-A Ilbo · () Korean

Translated from Korean, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Former National Police Agency chief Yoon Hee-keun is strongly protesting a special prosecutor's search and seizure.
  • Yoon denies any wrongdoing in a Facebook post, calling the investigation "absurd."
  • This investigation concerns allegations of suppressing an investigation into the Unification Church.

Former National Police Agency chief Yoon Hee-keun has vehemently protested a special prosecutor's forced investigation, calling the probe into allegations of suppressing a probe into the Unification Church "absurd."

It is truly absurd and preposterous.

— Yoon Hee-keunReacting to the special prosecutor's search and seizure of his residence and mobile phone.

In a Facebook post on May 29, Yoon stated, "It is truly absurd and preposterous." He was reacting to the special prosecutor's execution of search and seizure warrants at his residence and on his mobile phone.

If I am involved in this matter even by one ten-thousandth, I will commit ritual suicide in the middle of Gwanghwamun Square.

— Yoon Hee-keunPreviously denying allegations after his work computer was seized.

This is not the first time Yoon has denied involvement. In April, after reports emerged that the special prosecutor's team had seized his work computer from when he was deputy chief of the National Police Agency in 2022, Yoon declared, "If I am involved in this matter even by one ten-thousandth, I will commit ritual suicide in the middle of Gwanghwamun Square."

If what is stated is not true, what will you stake?

— Yoon Hee-keunQuestioning the special prosecutor's evidence and demanding accountability.

He further expressed disbelief at the charges presented in the warrant, questioning, "If what is stated is not true, what will you stake?" Yoon insisted that he had no knowledge of the allegations until he encountered media reports after retiring as police chief. "Every single detail the special prosecutor claims is not true at all," he asserted.

Every single detail the special prosecutor claims is not true at all.

— Yoon Hee-keunAsserting his complete lack of knowledge or involvement in the alleged wrongdoing.
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Originally published by Dong-A Ilbo in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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