The special counsel investigating the insurrection case additionally indicted former Presidential Security Service Chief Park Jong-jun. He is accused of arbitrarily deleting, by "remote logout," classified-phone data for former President Yoon Suk-yeol, National Intelligence Service Vice Administrator Hong Jang-won, and former Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency Commissioner Kim Bong-sik after the Dec. 3 martial law.
According to the special counsel team, on Dec. 6 last year, former Director Cho Tae-yong of the National Intelligence Service received a call from former Chief Park, who referred to the disclosure in the National Assembly of the screen showing Hong's classified-phone call history and asked, "I heard Hong Jang-won was dismissed; is it possible to retrieve the classified phone?"
Former Director Cho told former Chief Park, "We cannot determine Hong Jang-won's whereabouts and cannot reach him, so it seems impossible to retrieve the classified phone." Park then said, "This constitutes a security incident due to the loss of a classified phone, so we will carry out a logout measure on Hong Jang-won's classified phone. The classified phone must be deleted so that call history is not exposed," it was found.
Afterward, Hong's classified phone was remotely logged out. Information including call history with former President Yoon was deleted. The classified phones of former President Yoon and former Commissioner Kim were likewise logged out using the same method.
The special counsel team concluded that former Chief Park acted with intent to destroy evidence related to the insurrection.
Former Chief Park was indicted in January on charges of obstructing the execution of an arrest warrant for former President Yoon by the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) (including obstruction of special official duties) and is standing trial.