The Corruption Investigation Office Conducts Search and Seizure at Counterintelligence Agency over 'Song Young-moo False Signature' Case

The High-ranking Officials' Crime Investigation Division, which is examining the allegations of 'forged signatures' against former Minister of National Defense Song Young-moo, conducted a search and seizure at the Defense Counterintelligence Command (formerly the Defense Security Command).

Former Minister of National Defense Song Young-moo [Photo by Yonhap News]

According to the legal community on the 16th, the investigation team was sent to the Counterintelligence Command in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province, this morning to secure related materials from PCs and servers.

Earlier, on the 12th, the investigation division had conducted search and seizure operations at the Ministry of National Defense, as well as the homes and offices of former Minister Song, retired Army Major General Jeong Chae-il, and former Ministry of National Defense spokesperson Choi Hyun-soo.

Former Minister Song is accused of abuse of authority and obstruction of the exercise of rights by forcing his subordinates to create and sign a fact-checking statement denying media reports that he had stated there was 'no legal problem' regarding a martial law review document prepared by the Defense Security Command during the Park Geun-hye administration in July 2018.

It was revealed in the following year through then-Assemblyman Lee Cheol-hee of the Democratic Party and the Military Human Rights Center that the Defense Security Command had prepared a document titled 'Plan for Execution of Martial Law and Joint Operations' during the impeachment crisis of former President Park in 2017.

The investigation division plans to conduct digital forensic analysis of the seized items, interview attendees of the meetings at that time as witnesses, and summon former Minister Song for questioning.

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