The prosecution investigating the December 3 emergency martial law incident summoned and questioned Jeon Ha-gyu, the spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defense.


Jeon Ha-gyu, spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defense. Yonhap News Agency

Jeon Ha-gyu, spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defense. Yonhap News Agency

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According to the legal community on the 9th, the Special Investigation Headquarters for Emergency Martial Law (headed by Park Se-hyun, Chief Prosecutor of the Seoul High Prosecutors' Office) summoned Jeon the previous day as a witness for questioning.


It is reported that Jeon accompanied President Yoon Seok-yeol when he visited the Joint Chiefs of Staff Combat Situation Room, where the Martial Law Command Situation Room was established, after the president declared martial law on the 3rd.


The prosecution is believed to have confirmed the situation at the scene and President Yoon's instructions with Jeon.


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On the same day, the prosecution summoned Kim Yong-hyun, the former Minister of National Defense who was urgently arrested, for the third time, and also summoned Kwak Jong-geun, former Commander of the Army Special Warfare Command, for questioning, accelerating the investigation targeting military officials. Additionally, in the morning, they conducted a search and seizure at the Defense Counterintelligence Command located in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province.


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