The Korean National Police Agency National Office of Investigation (NOI) special investigation headquarters for the three major special counsels applied for an arrest warrant for former Corrections Deputy Minister Shin Yong-hae.
Shin, the former deputy minister, is accused of engaging in an important mission for insurrection for checking the detention capacity of prisons nationwide during the Dec. 3 emergency martial law and reporting a document to former Ministry of Justice Minister Park Seong-jae stating "able to hold 3,600 people."
Following the former minister's order, the former deputy minister also was found to have instructed the head of the Classification and Review Division of the Corrections Bureau to review "emergency parole" and "additional parole."
On the 6th, the special investigation headquarters sent investigators to the special counsel office for insurrection at the Seoul High Prosecutors' Office and secured related materials.