'Hamburger Meeting' Reservist Colonel Kim Abandons Warrant Review

Reservist Colonel Kim, a participant in the so-called "Lotteria Meeting," gave up the actual examination of the arrest warrant.

Kim did not attend the interrogation of the suspect before his arrest, which was scheduled to be held at the Seoul Central District Court at 2 p.m. today (21st).

Accordingly, the court is expected to review the records submitted by the police special investigation team and decide whether to arrest Kim as early as this afternoon.

Kim is a former head of the investigation headquarters of the Ministry of National Defense, the highest-ranking investigative agency in the military, and was arrested by a special police team on charges of plotting martial law in advance by holding a so-called "Lotteria Meeting" with former intelligence commander Roh Sang-won on the 3rd, the day of martial law.Former commander Roh

is also suspected of planning an illegal investigation team directly under former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun, who is also accused of recruiting and managing former and current officials from the Defense Ministry's investigation headquarters.