▲ Former Prosecutor General Shim Woo-jung arrives at the office of the 2nd Special Counsel team led by Kwon Chang-young in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province, on June 24 for questioning as a suspect regarding allegations including involvement in an insurrection.
The 2nd Special Counsel team, led by Kwon Chang-young, which is investigating remaining allegations following the three major special counsel probes, has moved to secure the detention of former Prosecutor General Shim Woo-jung on charges of involvement in an insurrection.
The special counsel team announced, "We have requested arrest warrants for former Prosecutor General Shim Woo-jung and former Supreme Prosecutors' Office Planning and Coordination Department Chief (Prosecutor) Jeon Mu-gon on charges of engaging in important duties of an insurrection and abuse of power."
Former Prosecutor General Shim is accused of reviewing the dispatch of prosecutors to the Martial Law Joint Investigation Headquarters under the instruction of former Minister of Justice Park Sung-jae on December 3, 2024, the day the emergency martial law was declared.
He is also suspected of being involved in discussing response measures for crimes falling under the jurisdiction of military courts immediately after the declaration of martial law, and participating in the drafting of a document titled "Trial Jurisdiction Under Emergency Martial Law."
Former Prosecutor Jeon Mu-gon served as the Chief of the Planning and Coordination Department at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office during the martial law period and assisted former Prosecutor General Shim Woo-jung.
(Photo: Yonhap News)
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