Army Chief of Staff: "Special Forces Commander Proposed Using Blank Bullets and Taser Guns, but It Was Prevented"

General Park An-su, Chief of Staff of the Army, revealed on the 5th that immediately after President Yoon Seok-yeol declared martial law, during the deployment of troops to the National Assembly, Special Warfare Commander Gwak Jong-geun proposed the use of tasers and blank bullets, but he stopped it.

Park An-su, Chief of Staff of the Army who served as the martial law commander, and Kim Seon-ho, Deputy Minister of National Defense, are attending an emergency briefing of the National Defense Committee held at the National Assembly on the 5th. Photo by Kim Hyun-min

On the same day, during an emergency inquiry by the National Defense Committee of the National Assembly, General Park responded to a question from Park Beom-gye of the Democratic Party of Korea asking, "Did Commander Gwak propose the use of tasers and blank bullets?" by saying, "There was such a proposal."

General Park stated that four people, including the Joint Chiefs of Staff martial law officer and those accompanying him, discussed the matter and decided not to use tasers and blank bullets.

When asked whether the scenario involved firing blank bullets and using tasers during the arrest of lawmakers, he replied, "We seriously considered that aspect."