Military prosecutors sentenced Park Jung-hoon, former head of the investigation team, to three years in prison...Sentencing on January 9th next year

The military prosecution demanded a three-year prison term for Park Jung-hoon, the former head of the Marine Corps' investigation team, who was indicted without detention on charges of violating the Marine Corps commander's order to withhold civilian transfers on the investigation records of Chae's case.

In a final hearing held at the Central Military Court in Seoul, the military prosecution said it was clear that Park disobeyed the order, saying that he would not receive the order of Marine Corps Commander Kim Kye-hwan's order to retain civilian transfers, or that the commander ordered him to stop on the day of the transfer but that he was handing it over.

At the same time, he stressed that the disobedience of the former investigation team leader Park's order is clearly contrary to the military command system and requires severe punishment.

In response, the former head of the investigation Park repeatedly pleaded not guilty, saying there was no clear order from the Marine Corps commander to hold the transfer, and only discussions were made on how to deal with it.

After refuting that the prosecution's arbitrary judgment was a wrong indictment, he asked the court to let the public know that justice is alive through closing arguments and to keep his promise with the Marine Corps.

As the final trial was completed yesterday (21st) and the military prosecution's sentence was carried out, the Central District Military Court said it would proceed with the first trial on January 9 next year.

Starting with the first hearing in December last year, the Central Military Judicial Council has held a total of nine hearings by presenting officials from the Ministry of National Defense, Marines, and the presidential office, including former Defense Minister Lee Jong-seop and Marine Corps Commander Kim Gye-hwan, as witnesses until last month.