Arrest warrant issued for counterintelligence commander for martial law involvement
Published: 14 Dec. 2024, 16:45
Updated: 14 Dec. 2024, 17:23
-
- LIM JEONG-WON
- [email protected]
![Former Defense Counterintelligence Command Commander Lt. Gen. Yeo In-hyung attends an intelligence committee meeting at the National Assembly in Yeouido, western Seoul, on Dec. 7. [YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2024/12/14/01630e4b-9b7b-4aed-830b-ebbaa8e49a76.jpg)
Former Defense Counterintelligence Command Commander Lt. Gen. Yeo In-hyung attends an intelligence committee meeting at the National Assembly in Yeouido, western Seoul, on Dec. 7. [YONHAP]
An arrest warrant for Defense Counterintelligence Command chief Lt. Gen. Yeo In-hyung was issued Saturday over his involvement in the Dec. 3 martial law declaration.
Prosecutors believe that Yeo deployed his subordinates to the National Assembly and the National Election Commission under orders from former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun.
Yeo previously testified as he was grilled by the prosecution’s special investigation team Tuesday that President Yoon Suk Yeol mentioned martial law “during a dinner gathering in early summer while discussing the political situation."
BY LIM JEONG-WON [[email protected]]
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
To write comments, please log in to one of the accounts.
Standards Board Policy (0/250자)