Prosecution summons former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun for the third time on 'rebellion charges'... intensive investigation ahead of warrant request

The prosecution investigating the December 3 emergency martial law incident is summoning former Minister of National Defense Kim Yong-hyun for questioning. This is the third summons within two days.

According to the legal community on the 9th, the Prosecution's Special Investigation Headquarters for Emergency Martial Law (headed by Park Se-hyun, Chief Prosecutor of Seoul High Prosecutors' Office) began questioning former Minister Kim around 10 a.m. today, summoning him as a suspect on charges including rebellion.

Earlier, on the 8th at around 1:30 a.m., Kim voluntarily appeared for questioning, after which he was urgently detained and held at Dongbu Detention Center. Later that day, around 5 p.m., he was summoned again and questioned for about seven hours.

When an investigative agency urgently detains a suspect, it must request an arrest warrant within 48 hours; otherwise, the suspect must be released. Accordingly, the prosecution appears to be concentrating its investigative efforts before filing an arrest warrant for former Minister Kim.

Former Minister Kim is considered a key figure in this incident, having proposed the declaration of emergency martial law to President Yoon Seok-yeol, and having directed the proclamation announcement and the entry of martial law troops into the National Assembly. The prosecution is expected to file an arrest warrant for former Minister Kim as early as this afternoon.

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