On the 24th, the special prosecutor investigating the rebellion summoned former Army Intelligence Command Chief Noh Sang-won for questioning. This marks the second consecutive day of investigation following the previous day. Former Chief Noh is facing allegations of abetting rebellion in connection with the 12-3 emergency martial law.
According to the legal community, the special prosecutor is questioning former Chief Noh as a witness starting at 10 a.m. today at the Seoul Detention Center, where he is incarcerated. Former Chief Noh also appeared before the special prosecutor on the 23rd for questioning.
Former Chief Noh is facing allegations of abetting rebellion. He has already been indicted and is under custody for serious crimes related to rebellion and abuse of power, and is undergoing trial in the first instance.
Former Chief Noh, a reserve officer who retired in 2018, is suspected of colluding with active-duty military leadership at a fast-food restaurant in Gyeonggi Province to conspire regarding the emergency martial law in advance and reporting the details to former Minister of National Defense Kim Yong-hyun.
The special prosecutor is also expected to investigate allegations of foreign-aggression related to former President Yoon Suk-yeol directing drone strikes into Pyongyang last October to create a justification for declaring martial law and provoke attacks against the South.
The special prosecutor suspects that former Chief Noh may have been involved in this allegation because his notebook contained notes such as "provoking attacks from the North at the Northern Limit Line (NLL)" and "attacking North Korea's waste balloons." Previously, police seized a notebook containing information related to foreign-aggression allegations from a fortune-telling shop run by former Chief Noh after his retirement in December of last year.