Uncovering the Truth: Investigation into Former General Kwak Jong-geun's Alleged Coup During Martial Law

Kwon Chang-young’s second Comprehensive Special Prosecutor team, tasked with probing lingering allegations after three earlier special investigations, has summoned former Special Warfare Commander Kwak Jong-geun as a suspect in the Dec. 3 emergency martial-law incident.

On the 14th, legal sources said the special prosecutors summoned Kwak that afternoon and questioned him as a suspect on rebellion charges under the military criminal code.

This is the first time the team has called Kwak as a suspect. When he appeared before the prosecutors in March, he was interviewed only as a witness.

Prosecutors allege Kwak ordered subordinate soldiers to the National Assembly, the National Election Commission and other sites to provoke riots when martial law was declared.

Earlier, the special prosecutors also listed former President Yoon Suk Yeol, former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun and former Army Intelligence Command chief Noh Sang-won as suspects in the rebellion probe.

The team has determined that deploying troops to the National Assembly and similar actions could be viewed as rebellion against state institutions.

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