Park Beom-gye "Yoon fears Myung Tae-gyun might hand over the golden phone to the opposition, hence the emergency martial law"

Mr. Myeong Taegyun claimed that President Yoon Seok-yeol took emergency martial law because he was worried that the so-called 'Golden Phone,' containing the contents of his phone call with President Yoon, would be handed over to the opposition party.

On the 4th, Park Beom-gye, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, revealed during an SBS radio interview that he had met with Mr. Myeong during the Lunar New Year holiday and introduced part of their conversation. Park, who had doubts about why President Yoon declared emergency martial law on December 3 last year, asked Mr. Myeong about it and disclosed that he received the answer "because he was scared." In fact, in political circles, questions had been raised about the timing of the emergency martial law, as it was declared when lawmakers were gathered near the National Assembly more than usual, not during a weekend when they were in their constituencies, and even a plenary session was scheduled.

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Regarding this, Park said, "A report related to the 'Golden Phone' and the statements Mr. Myeong made about President Yoon Seok-yeol and his wife, along with the related evidence, was prepared on November 4 last year. On December 1 last year, the prosecution informed Mr. Myeong's lawyer that they would additionally indict him on charges of evidence concealment, which angered Mr. Myeong and his lawyer, leading to talk of handing over the Golden Phone to the Democratic Party, which seeks to gain power."

He continued, "Mr. Myeong said through his lawyer by 5 p.m. on the 3rd that he could not trust the prosecution's investigation and that a special prosecutor was needed. He said that if it went to a special prosecutor, he would reveal everything about the Golden Phone," he introduced.

In relation to this, Park added his own speculation. He said, "Right after (Mr. Myeong's response), former Minister of the Interior and Safety Lee Sang-min made a call to former Minister of National Defense Kim Yong-hyun using a secret phone. December 3 last year was not the pre-set so-called D·H (date and hour) for the emergency martial law, and I thought that it was ultimately President Yoon's judgment, triggered by Mr. Myeong's actions and the Golden Phone, that he could no longer tolerate it, which led to the hurried attempt to declare emergency martial law."

This interpretation suggests that President Yoon urgently enforced emergency martial law out of concern that Mr. Myeong would hand over the Golden Phone to the opposition party.

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