Police Refer Former Capital Defense Commander Jinwoo Lee to Prosecution for Perjury in Yoon Impeachment Trial

"I never received instructions to block the resolution to lift martial law"

The police have referred Jinwoo Lee, former Commanding General of the Capital Defense Command, to the prosecution on charges of perjury. He is accused of falsely testifying that he did not receive instructions from then-President Yoon Sukyeol to prevent the National Assembly from passing a resolution to lift martial law during the state of emergency.

The Special Investigation Headquarters of the National Police Agency announced on the 12th that Jinwoo Lee has been referred without detention.

Jinwoo Lee, former commander of the Capital Defense Command of the Army, appeared as a witness and responded to questioning at the 5th hearing of President Yoon Seokyeol's impeachment trial held at the Constitutional Court in Jongno-gu, Seoul. Constitutional Court

Jinwoo Lee is suspected of perjury for testifying as a witness at the fifth hearing of former President Yoon’s impeachment trial in February last year. When asked by Yoon’s legal team whether he had ever received instructions from the minister or the president to prevent the National Assembly from passing a resolution to lift martial law in the event of deployment to the National Assembly, he responded, "I never received such instructions."

At the time, he also testified that he understood former Defense Minister Kim Yonghyun’s order to "go to the National Assembly" as an operational command, and stated, "There was no room to consider it illegal or unconstitutional."

Jinwoo Lee was dismissed from his post in December last year. He is currently on trial after being indicted on charges of participating in major insurrection-related duties.

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