The prosecution announced on the 14th that it neither received any dispatch requests nor dispatched prosecution personnel in relation to the declaration of emergency martial law on December 3.
The Supreme Prosecutors' Office stated in the afternoon, "Regarding the remarks made today by Rep. Chu Mi-ae of the Democratic Party's Yoon Seok-yeol Insurrection Investigation Team about 'signs of prosecution involvement in martial law,' the prosecution clarifies that it has neither received any dispatch requests related to martial law from any agency, including the Counterintelligence Command, nor dispatched personnel."
On the same day, Rep. Chu Mi-ae of the Democratic Party urged Prosecutor General Shim Woo-jung to promptly verify and disclose the facts, claiming there are signs that the prosecution was deeply involved in this martial law.
At the Democratic Party's "Yoon Seok-yeol Insurrection Investigation Team" meeting held at the National Assembly, Rep. Chu said, "According to reliable reports, former Counterintelligence Command Commander Yeo In-hyung instructed his subordinates, including Jeong Seong-woo, head of the Counterintelligence Command's 1st Division, immediately after the martial law declaration, that 'the prosecution and the National Intelligence Service will come' and 'the important tasks will be carried out by the prosecution and the National Intelligence Service, so support them,'" asserting that "there are signs that the prosecution was deeply involved in the illegal martial law."
Rep. Chu stated, "Since evidence has emerged that the prosecution was involved in the illegal martial law, the Prosecutor General must promptly confirm which prosecution organization was dispatched."
He also said, "(Such orders from the former commander) appear to imitate the illegal emergency martial law of 1979," adding, "Looking at Article 3 of the final announcement of the October 26 emergency martial law measures on October 27, 1979, all intelligence and investigative agencies' duties were coordinated, with the prosecution appearing first."
He emphasized, "The Prosecutor General must promptly disclose which organization and how many personnel were involved."
Currently, the investigation into President Yoon and others on charges of insurrection is being competitively conducted by the Emergency Martial Law Special Investigation Headquarters (Special Investigation Headquarters), which was formed by the prosecution with personnel dispatched from the military prosecution, the National Police Agency's National Investigation Headquarters, the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials, and the Ministry of National Defense's Investigation Headquarters, collectively known as the Joint Investigation Headquarters (abbreviated as Joint Investigation Headquarters).
As multiple investigative agencies are conducting investigations simultaneously, confusion has arisen, such as different agencies obtaining separate search warrants and arrest or detention warrants for the same suspects. The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials also requested again yesterday that the prosecution and police transfer cases related to the 'declaration of emergency martial law.'
In particular, with several senior police officials, including Police Commissioner Cho Ji-ho and Kim Bong-sik, being detained on charges related to this incident, concerns have been raised that it is inappropriate for the police to conduct a 'self-investigation' into this case while many police leadership members are under investigation as suspects.
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