Hong Jang-won, former deputy director of the National Intelligence Service, said, ”President Yoon Seok-yeol ordered, 'Arrest them all,'” and Daegu Mayor Hong Jun-pyo said, ”I can't believe it” (South Korea)

Daegu Mayor Hong Jun-pyo said that former National Intelligence Service first deputy director Hong Jang-won had said the previous day, "During the state of emergency on December 3,
He claimed that he found it "hard to believe" the testimony that he "received direct instructions from President Yoon Seok-yeol regarding the arrest of politicians."
Mayor Hong told Yahoo! News on the same day, "Martial law will be implemented by mobilizing the military and police. The role of the first deputy director of the NIS is not to implement emergency martial law."
"Is it really true that the president gave instructions over the phone to give all instructions to the first vice director of the NIS, who does not have the authority to investigate or arrest people?
"You didn't know about that?" he countered. "The NIS personnel decisions are shocking, along with the appointment of the Minister of Defense. It's embarrassing that there is such a person in the Hong family."
Prior to this, Hong had appeared as a witness at the fifth hearing of the impeachment trial of President Yoon the day before and said, "President Yoon said, 'Arrest them all. I will give the NIS the power to investigate Communist parties, so please support the Defense Intelligence Command.'
In response to a question from the National Assembly asking, "Did you say, 'I remember that,'" Hong said, "I was not told who we needed to arrest.
I called Yeo In-hyung, former commander in chief of the National Defense Intelligence Agency, for that purpose."