Police "Very Regretful Toward Prosecution for Seizing Mobile Phone of Guksu Headquarters Chief"

The police expressed regret over the prosecution's seizure of mobile phones belonging to Woo Jong-su, head of the National Investigation Headquarters, and Yoon Seung-young, director of investigation planning and coordination, in connection with the 'December 3 Emergency Martial Law Incident.'

National Police Agency, National Investigation Headquarters. Yonhap News Agency

The Special Investigation Unit of the National Investigation Headquarters of the National Police Agency stated on the 19th, "As the head of the Special Investigation Unit for Emergency Martial Law, and having even formed a joint investigation headquarters for a strict investigation, we deeply regret the seizure of a witness's mobile phone."

On the same day, the prosecution launched a forced investigation against the National Investigation Headquarters of the National Police Agency. The National Investigation Headquarters is under suspicion of supporting detectives from the violent crimes division to the 'arrest team' tasked with detaining key political figures, following President Yoon Seok-yeol's declaration of emergency martial law on the 3rd, at the request of the Defense Counterintelligence Command.

The National Investigation Headquarters stated that the Defense Counterintelligence Command requested 10 detectives to form a joint investigation headquarters, and they provided the list accordingly, denying any knowledge of orders to arrest lawmakers.

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