Notebook Containing Martial Law Drill Plan Secured
The police secured a notebook from the residence of former Intelligence Command Commander Noh Sang-won (62, 41st class of the Korea Military Academy), who is suspected of leading martial law operations while in civilian status. This notebook contained evidence of premeditated planning related to the December 3 emergency martial law situation.
The Special Investigation Unit of the National Police Agency announced on the 20th that they conducted a search and seizure at a "fortune-telling house" in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, where former Commander Noh resides, and secured the notebook and other items for investigation. The notebook detailed not only the target locations for military unit deployments, including the National Assembly and the Central Election Management Committee, after the declaration of martial law, but also the deployment plans for the military units.
The police secured a notebook at the residence of former Intelligence Command Commander Noh Sang-won, who is suspected of leading the martial law operation. JTBC
Former Commander Noh is currently a civilian and has been identified as an "unofficial advisor" who planned the martial law alongside former Minister of National Defense Kim Yong-hyun. Police investigations revealed that on the 1st, two days before the martial law, Noh met with Intelligence Commander Moon Sang-ho and two Intelligence Command colonels at a hamburger fast-food restaurant in Gyeonggi Province to premeditate the martial law. Furthermore, it was confirmed that on the day of the martial law, he met with current and former military officials near his home at a Lotteria. Both meetings were reportedly led by former Commander Noh. After the martial law incident, Noh replaced his mobile phone.
Former Commander Noh graduated from the Korea Military Academy, 41st class, three years after former Minister Kim. From 2007 to 2008, when Kim served as the Secretary to the Army Headquarters (Brigadier General), Noh worked as a section chief in the Army Headquarters policy department.
In October 2018, during his tenure as the head of the Army Intelligence School, Noh was prosecuted on charges of forcible molestation for making physical contact with a female military trainee whom he had called to a drinking party on the evening of Armed Forces Day. At that time, the court sentenced former Commander Noh to 1 year and 6 months in prison and imposed a three-year employment ban at institutions related to children and youth. After receiving a prison sentence for a sex crime and being dishonorably discharged, he reportedly began a business partnership with fortune tellers starting in 2019.
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