The second special prosecutor team, led by Kwon Chang-young, has summoned independent lawmaker Han Dong-hoon, who attended the ruling party-government-presidential office meeting and an evening gathering the day after the emergency martial law was declared on December 3, 2024.
On the morning of August 6, the special prosecutors announced, "We will summon lawmaker Han, who attended the party-government meeting and the evening gathering as the party leader, as a witness on August 12."
The special prosecutors plan to investigate the circumstances of Han's attendance at the party-government meeting on December 4, 2024, the content discussed at that meeting, and its connection to the subsequent evening gathering.
Additionally, the special prosecutors are expected to investigate whether Han was involved in the development of the rationale justifying the emergency martial law during the party-government meeting and the evening gathering.
At that time, Han attended the party-government meeting in his capacity as the leader of the People Power Party. He later participated in an emergency parliamentary meeting, where he told reporters, "The martial law cannot be merely a warning," and conveyed demands for former President Yoon Suk-yeol to resign from the party.
Previously, the Seoul Central District Court's Criminal Division 33, presided over by Judge Lee Jin-kwan, sentenced former Justice Minister Park Sung-jae to 25 years in prison for his involvement in a coup-related charge. The court determined that plans to respond to the impeachment of former President Yoon were discussed during the party-government meeting.
Following this, Park instructed former Prosecutor General Im Se-jin to draft a document justifying the martial law, and attendees of the evening gathering reportedly constructed a rationale for the legitimacy and necessity of the emergency martial law based on this document, which was then reported to former President Yoon.
On the morning of August 6, the special prosecutors announced, "We will summon lawmaker Han, who attended the party-government meeting and the evening gathering as the party leader, as a witness on August 12."
The special prosecutors plan to investigate the circumstances of Han's attendance at the party-government meeting on December 4, 2024, the content discussed at that meeting, and its connection to the subsequent evening gathering.
Additionally, the special prosecutors are expected to investigate whether Han was involved in the development of the rationale justifying the emergency martial law during the party-government meeting and the evening gathering.
At that time, Han attended the party-government meeting in his capacity as the leader of the People Power Party. He later participated in an emergency parliamentary meeting, where he told reporters, "The martial law cannot be merely a warning," and conveyed demands for former President Yoon Suk-yeol to resign from the party.
Previously, the Seoul Central District Court's Criminal Division 33, presided over by Judge Lee Jin-kwan, sentenced former Justice Minister Park Sung-jae to 25 years in prison for his involvement in a coup-related charge. The court determined that plans to respond to the impeachment of former President Yoon were discussed during the party-government meeting.
Following this, Park instructed former Prosecutor General Im Se-jin to draft a document justifying the martial law, and attendees of the evening gathering reportedly constructed a rationale for the legitimacy and necessity of the emergency martial law based on this document, which was then reported to former President Yoon.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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