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Former Defense Intelligence Chief Indicted for Martial Law Plan
A former defense intelligence chief has been indicted for his role in drawing up a martial law plan that was intended to be implemented on December 3. According to reports, the former commander, Roh Sang-won, was suspected of planning an emergency martial law as a civilian and was afterward arrested by a police special investigation team.
On the evening of December 3, Roh issued directives to secure the National Election Commission (NEC) and control access to its computer room if breaking news were to appear. He also provided the names of five NEC employees and ordered their confinement. Around an hour later, martial law was declared in a surprise televised address by then-President Yoon.
Additionally, seven counterintelligence officers opposed an order to deploy to the NEC. Chung Sung-woo, a senior officer of the Counterintelligence Command, protested the NECS instruction to introduce troops. After receiving a legal review from the Law Office, Chung concluded that the former commander’s orders were illegal and refused to carry them out.
The prosecution applied charges of important missions to the former chief executive, but Chung denied these charges, stating that the orders did not accompany any riots and that the commander did his best to prevent them.
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