Yin Xiyue's use of more than 700 guards to commute to office every day caused controversy, and the presidential palace responded
[Global Network Reporter Fu Jiajun] According to the "Han Minzu Daily" report on the 28th, with the relocation of the South Korean Presidential Palace from the Blue House to Yongsan, South Korean President Yin Xiyue deployed more than 700 guards every day during commuting and office work. The number of guards deployed at the Blue House in the past (about 400) has increased by about 75%.
The incident caused controversy in South Korean public opinion.
According to reports, Lee Sung-wan, a member of the Democratic Party of the South Korean National Assembly Administration and Security Committee, obtained information from the National Police Agency on the 28th, showing that the South Korean police deployed 8 squadrons and 1 all day in Yin Xiyue’s private residence in Seocho District, Seoul and the Presidential Palace in Yongsan. The police force of a women's mobile team.
Each of these squadrons consists of 3 echelons, each with about 30 men.
Although the police did not release the specific total number of personnel, judging from the average number of guards in each group, during Yin Xiyue's commute and office, the total number of police officers mobilized was about 690 to 700.
It includes more than 600 police officers belonging to 8 squadrons, a women's mobile team consisting of 30 female police officers, and 30 to 40 traffic police officers.
According to the report, after the South Korean presidential palace was relocated from the Blue House to Yongsan, the police force deployed in the presidential palace and the presidential private residence increased by about 75% compared with the more than 400 police officers deployed in the Blue House in the past.
With the advent of the "Yongsan Era", after the separation of the presidential residence and office, the South Korean police have invested more than 300 additional police forces.
In this regard, a relevant police official explained that in order to respond to sudden demonstrations and raids, police officers were arranged in the President's private residence and office area respectively.
"The Hankyoreh" said that South Korean public opinion criticized this, since the South Korean Presidential Palace was moved from Blue House to Yongsan, the number of guards and traffic management business has increased, resulting in a waste of police resources.
In the past, the presidential residence and office area were both within the Blue House, but now the two are separated from each other, it is inevitable to deploy additional police forces between the two for security protection and traffic management.
Previously, on May 11 this year, the day after Yin Xiyue took office as President of South Korea, the Yongsan Police Department disbanded the financial crime investigation team and readjusted its internal manpower arrangements.
According to reports, as the controversy arose, the Presidential Office of South Korea responded on the same day, "The information of the National Police Agency shows that the police deployment (around the presidential private residence and Yongsan Presidential Palace) has increased the police force, which was carried out in response to the demonstrations. , has nothing to do with the presidential guard."
At the same time, the South Korean Presidential Office also stated that "the existing (presidential) security personnel can fully perform related tasks, and there is no reason to increase the number."