Kim Yong-hyun Refuses to Call the Prosecution... Investigating Suspicions of 'Inducing Military Tensions'

Prosecutors investigating the emergency martial law incident are looking into whether martial law-led forces, including former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun, tried to create intentional military tensions with North Korea.

Kim Yong-hyun, a lawyer for the former minister, refused to comply with the summons of the special investigation headquarters of the prosecution's emergency martial law at 10 a.m. today (16th) and said, "I cannot respond to illegal investigations."

Prosecutors earlier reportedly called in former Minister Kim, who is under arrest yesterday (15th), to investigate whether he had ever ordered the Joint Chiefs of Staff to "shoot the dirt balloon and hit it from the ground up."

The Joint Chiefs of Staff said it had never received such an order, but since it was confirmed that a statement discussion on the strike from the origin led by former Minister Kim was recently conducted at the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It is interpreted as an investigation into intentional provocations.

Prosecutors are looking into whether President Yoon's remarks at the promotion ceremony of Yeo In-hyeong, commander of the National Defense Command, Kwak Jong-geun, commander of the Army Special Forces Command, and Lee Jin-woo, commander of the Capital Defense Command, who were promoted to lieutenant general in November last year, are also related to martial law.