Former Special Warfare Command Chief Kwak Jong-geun testified for the National Assembly on the impeachment trial of President Yoon Suk-yeol on the 6th, stating, "Around 12:30 a.m. on the day of the emergency martial law declaration, President Yoon called me on a secure phone and said, 'Bring out the people inside the National Assembly.'"
According to the prosecution, former Chief Kwak was instructed by President Yoon and former Minister of National Defense Kim Yong-hyun to deploy military forces to the National Assembly and the National Election Commission. In particular, the prosecution revealed that after declaring emergency martial law, President Yoon personally called former Chief Kwak and said, 'It seems that the quorum for the vote has not yet been met, so quickly enter the National Assembly and bring out the people inside the building,' and 'Even if you have to break down the door with an axe, get in there and pull everyone out.'
On that day, the representative for the National Assembly asked former Chief Kwak, 'Is it correct that after President Yoon declared emergency martial law at 12:30 a.m. on December 4th, he called you on a secure phone and instructed you, 'It seems that the quorum for the vote has not yet been met,' and 'Bring out the people inside the building'?' Former Chief Kwak responded, 'Yes.'
When the representative for the National Assembly asked, 'Were the people President Yoon instructed you to bring out members of the National Assembly?', former Chief Kwak affirmed, 'That's exactly right.' He then added, 'I understood it as asking for the members of the National Assembly to be brought out because there were no operations personnel inside the main building.'