Special Counsel Seeks Arrest Warrant for Former Prosecutor General Shim Woo-jung on Charges of 'Insurrection and Abuse of Power'

The special counsel team has requested an arrest warrant for former Prosecutor General Shim Woo-jung on charges of involvement in an insurrection.
On July 13, the special counsel team announced, "We have requested arrest warrants for former Prosecutor General Shim Woo-jung and former Chief of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office Planning and Coordination Department Jeon Mu-gon (prosecutor general rank) on charges of performing important duties in an insurrection and abuse of power."
Former Prosecutor General Shim is suspected of reviewing the dispatch of prosecutors to the Martial Law Joint Investigation Headquarters under the instructions of former Minister of Justice Park Sung-jae on December 3, 2024, the day the emergency martial law was declared.
Former Minister Park is suspected of returning to the Ministry of Justice after attending a cabinet meeting on the day of the martial law declaration, convening a meeting of senior officials, and instructing the Prosecution Bureau to review the dispatch of prosecutors to the Joint Investigation Headquarters.
It has been determined that former Minister Park had three phone conversations with former Prosecutor General Shim between 11:00 p.m. on the day of the martial law declaration and the following morning. The special counsel team suspects that former Minister Park may have also instructed former Prosecutor General Shim to dispatch prosecutors to the joint investigation team.
Former Prosecutor Jeon Mu-gon, who served as the Chief of the Planning and Coordination Department at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office during the martial law period, assisted former Prosecutor General Shim. He is also known to have been involved in drafting documents regarding trial jurisdiction under emergency martial law and discussing matters of trial jurisdiction.
Based on these circumstances, the special counsel team concluded that the Supreme Prosecutors' Office leadership, including former Prosecutor General Shim, participated in or cooperated with the unconstitutional and illegal declaration of martial law, and applied charges including performing important duties in an insurrection.
Former Prosecutor General Shim is also under investigation by the special counsel team regarding allegations of covering up investigations involving First Lady Kim Keon-hee. However, the special counsel team explained that charges related to this matter were not included in this arrest warrant request.
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