The case of former 707th Special Mission Unit Director General Kim Hyun-tae of the Special Warfare Command and former 2nd Armored Brigade Commander Gu Sam-hoe, among other soldiers indicted on charges of engaging in key insurrection duties in connection with the "Dec. 3 emergency martial law," has been assigned to the Seoul Central District Court's panel dedicated to insurrection cases.
The Seoul Central District Court said on the 23rd that it would assign the case against former Director General Kim and former the 1st Airborne Brigade of Korea's Special Warfare Command Director General Lee Sang-hyun, former Defense Counterintelligence Command Investigation Unit Director General Kim Dae-woo, former Defense Intelligence Command Planning Director General Ko Dong-hee, former Central Newspaper Unit Director General Kim Bong-gyu, and former 100th Brigade 2nd Business Unit Director General Jeong Seong-uk on charges including engaging in key insurrection duties to Criminal Agreement Division 37-2 (Presiding Judge Oh Chang-seop). Criminal Agreement Division 37-2 is one of two panels dedicated to insurrection cases that the Seoul Central District Court formed on the 12th.
Former Director General Lee and former Director General Kim of the Special Warfare Command are accused of leading troops to the National Assembly during martial law and attempting to blockade and infiltrate the National Assembly building. Former Director General Kim of the Defense Counterintelligence Command is accused of taking part in operating an arrest team for politicians, while the other three were each indicted on charges of participating in plans to occupy the National Election Commission and arrest its employees.
Criminal Agreement Division 38-1 (Presiding Judge Jang Seong-jin), another panel dedicated to insurrection cases, has been assigned the cases of eight people, including former Director General Gu and former defense Innovation Planning Officer Bang Jeong-hwan. They are accused of involvement in the covert "2nd Investigation Unit," which was to investigate alleged election fraud during martial law.