Second Comprehensive Special Prosecutor Conducts Search and Seizure of Korea Coast Guard Chief and Deputy Chief Offices Over Martial Law Involvement Allegations

"Compulsory Investigation Initiated After Charges Confirmed Through Supplementary Probe"

The second Comprehensive Special Prosecutor Team led by Changyoung Kwon has launched a compulsory investigation into the Korea Coast Guard and other organizations to determine their involvement during the emergency martial law.

Special Prosecutor Changyoung Kwon is making a statement with special prosecutors at the office in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province on February 25. Photo by Yonhap News

On April 17, starting at 10 a.m., the Comprehensive Special Prosecutor Team announced that it is conducting search and seizure operations at the offices of the chief and deputy chief of the Korea Coast Guard, the Intelligence and Foreign Affairs Bureau, the Investigation Bureau, and the residence of An Seongsik, former chief of planning and coordination at the Korea Coast Guard.

An official from the Comprehensive Special Prosecutor Team stated, "The Comprehensive Special Prosecutor Team reopened cases that were not prosecuted by the Special Prosecutor Team for Insurrection, and after confirming charges through supplementary investigations, has now initiated a compulsory investigation."

An, who is under suspicion of aiding and abetting insurrection, is alleged to have advocated for the carrying of firearms to protect police substations during the emergency martial law and for dispatching personnel from the martial law command.

Previously, in October last year, the Special Prosecutor Team for Insurrection investigated An and concluded that the Korea Coast Guard had attempted to dispatch 22 investigators to the martial law command.

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