The prosecution plans to seek an arrest warrant for former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun, a key figure in martial law, as early as tonight (9th).
In addition, Kwak Jong-geun, former commander of the Special Warfare Command, is also being called as a reference to investigate, and it is expected to check whether there was a specific order from former Minister Kim.
Reporter Kwon Junsu reports.
[Reporter]
The deadline for the arrest of former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun, who attended the prosecution on his own early morning on the 8th, is around 7 a.m. tomorrow (10th).
The prosecution, which conducted three investigations into former Minister Kim for two days, plans to seek an arrest warrant as early as tonight (9th).
Insurrection and abuse of authority are expected to be applied.
Former Minister
Kim is said to have generally acknowledged facts such as proposing to declare martial law to President Yoon Suk Yeol, but denied some of the allegations of civil war and abuse of authority.
Prosecutors also called former Special Warfare Commander Kwak Jong-geun, who said he was instructed by former Minister Kim to take out the number of members of the National Assembly, as a reference.Former commander of
Kwak is a person who said he did not keep his duty even though he knew it would be a flight because he judged it was clearly illegal to bring out lawmakers,
The prosecution is known to check the details of the instructions received from former Minister Kim against former commander Kwak and how martial law forces were put into the National Assembly.
While attending the prosecution, former commander Kwak sincerely apologized to the people once again,
He added that he felt sorry for the members of the Special Forces who trusted and followed
.
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