The prosecution has indicted nine military and police officials without detention on charges of involvement in significant insurrection duties, including the blockade of the National Assembly, the occupation of the Central Election Management Commission, and the operation of arrest teams during the state of emergency on Dec. 3.
On the 28th, the Special Investigation Headquarters for the state of emergency (led by Deputy Minister Park Se-hyun) announced that it has indicted Lee Sang-hyun, commander of the 1st Airborne Special Operations Brigade; Kim Hyun-tae, director general of the 707th Special Mission Group; and former National Assembly Police Chief Mok Hyun-tae without detention for their roles in ordering the blockade and infiltration of the National Assembly.
The brigade commander is accused of directing 269 subordinate troops to move to the National Assembly immediately after the declaration of martial law. It was also revealed that he himself dispatched to the National Assembly in a command vehicle with 562 live rounds loaded.
The brigade commander is said to have issued orders to his subordinates to remove lawmakers attempting to vote for the lifting of martial law, under the direction of Kwak Jong-geun, commander of the Special Forces. It appears that 38 troops forced open the rear door of the National Assembly and infiltrated the premises.
Investigations have shown that the 112 troops under this brigade commander tried to occupy the Democratic Party's office while armed. They reportedly returned midway after a resolution demanding the lifting of martial law was passed in the National Assembly.
Director General Kim Hyun-tae has been investigated for commanding a helicopter from the Special Operations Aviation Group to the National Assembly with 95 subordinate troops after the declaration of martial law. Former chief Mok Hyun-tae was in charge of security at the National Assembly during the martial law period. He is accused of ordering a ban on the entry of all civilians, including lawmakers, into the National Assembly.
The prosecution has indicted Kim Dae-woo, chief of the National Defense Security Command's special investigation unit; Yoon Seung-young, planning officer of the Korean National Police Agency's National Investigation Headquarters; and Park Heon-soo, head of the Ministry of National Defense's Investigation Headquarters without detention in relation to the operation of the arrest teams.
Director General Kim Dae-woo is accused of receiving orders from former counterintelligence commander Yeo In-hyeong to organize arrest teams consisting of investigators from the Ministry of National Defense and the Korean National Police Agency to apprehend 14 individuals, including Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party, and former leader Han Dong-hoon of the People Power Party. Additionally, as the National Assembly's decision to lift martial law was imminent, he allegedly instructed his subordinates to prioritize the apprehension of Representative Lee and former Representative Han, as well as Assembly Speaker Woo Won-sik, and transport them to detention facilities.
Planning Officer Yoon Seung-young is accused of receiving a request for assistance with arrests from the counterintelligence unit and, after obtaining approval from Police Chief Jo Ji-ho, delivered a list of 10 detectives from the Yeongdeungpo Police Station in Seoul to the counterintelligence unit and approved the deployment of an additional 100 police personnel. It has been discovered that Deputy Minister Park Heon-soo directed the organization of 100 investigators to support the counterintelligence unit and sent them to the National Assembly.
The prosecution has indicted Go Dong-hee, head of planning at the Defense Intelligence Command; Kim Bong-kyu, head of the Central News Division; and Jung Sung-wook, head of a project group without detention, in connection with the occupation of the election management commission and arrests. It was revealed that Go Dong-hee and nine unit members waited in front of the election management commission's Gwacheon headquarters before the declaration of martial law and entered the building immediately after the announcement, taking control of the server room and seizing employees' mobile phones.
Director General Kim Bong-kyu is known to have participated in the so-called Lotteria insurrection plot. He is accused of receiving orders from former intelligence commander Noh Sang-won and current commander Moon Sang-ho to select 40 unit members for the 2nd investigation unit to investigate the election fraud at the election management commission, and he allegedly prepared the list with Director General Jung Sung-wook. It was also revealed that prior to the declaration of martial law, he summoned 36 out of the 40 members for emergency assignments, including securing the data processing room.