South Korean prosecutors do not suspect former military top official of ``insurrection conspiracy''

On the 21st, South Korea's Seoul Western District Public Prosecutors Office decided not to charge the former military commander, Cho Hyun-cheon, who was at the center of the martial law review document, with plotting a civil war.
Prosecutors said, ``It is an established legal principle that not only must there be a clear consensus of intent to commit a riot, but there must also be a substantial danger.''
It is difficult to see that this constitutes an organized conspiracy to commit a riot or a meeting of intent to carry out a riot.'' However, the prosecutor's office said, ``At that time, General Cho Former was in a secret task force in the midst of the impeachment political situation.''
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The former commander was indicted. In addition, former Minister of National Defense Song Young-moo and former Minister of National Defense Jeong Hae-il, who are suspected of forcing military leaders to sign false signatures in connection with the ``martial law document'' by the military authorities, are also being investigated.
Military aide Choi Hyun-soo, former Ministry of National Defense spokesperson, was also tried on the same charges as Commander Cho. General Cho Former was appointed in 2017 during the impeachment trial of former President Park Geun-hye.
In February, he formed a martial law document preparation task force and instructed it to prepare a martial law review document. In 2018, he was accused of reporting the document to then-Minister of Defense Han Min-koo and others.
In 2012, the case came under investigation by the prosecutors. On July 9, 2018, at a meeting presided over by 14 executives, Minister Song said, ``The Ministry of Security's review of the Guard Order was not wrong.As a result of the legal review.
, it's okay to plan for the worst. I think so too,'' he is reported to have said. Secretary Song then gave a statement to the executives who attended the meeting to the effect that ``no such remark was made.''
They decided to have a fact-checking report prepared and publish a rebuttal article, and forced eight people, including the director of the Ministry of National Defense's Keynote Office, to sign a fact-checking report that contained false information.
On the other hand, prosecutors are investigating former President Moon Jae-in and Cho Kuk, the former head of the presidential administration for civil affairs, former legal affairs director.
Regarding the suspicion that a government official had presented investigation guidelines with the remark that ``the Military Affairs Bureau's review of martial law was illegal,'' the ministry ruled that ``it is difficult to assess that this was an abuse of authority,'' and that there was no charge.