Ex-Coast Guard chief indicted over alleged role in martial law bid

Special counsel prosecutors accuse Kim Jong-uk of abusing power and aiding insurrection-related military coordination after Yoon Suk Yeol’s 2024 declaration.

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Kim Jong-uk, the former head of the Coast Guard, enters a pre-detention hearing in the Seoul Central District Court in Seocho District, southern Seoul, on July 3.

A special counsel team said Wednesday it has indicted a former head of the Coast Guard over his alleged involvement in former President Yoon Suk Yeol's failed 2024 martial law bid.

Kim Jong-uk faces charges of abusing his power for allegedly planning to expand Coast Guard personnel for a martial law investigative body after Yoon's martial law declaration on Dec. 3, 2024.

He also faces insurrection-related charges for allegedly dispatching a liaison officer to the military at the time.

Special counsel Kwon Chang-young's team sought a warrant for Kim's arrest last month, but a court dismissed the request, ruling that there was room for dispute over the allegations.


Yonhap

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