PANews reported on December 21 that according to CCTV news, the South Korean National Police Agency's National Investigation Headquarters' Emergency Martial Law Special Investigation Team stated on the 20th that it had investigated 9 people including Prime Minister Han Deok-soo, who was acting as president, who attended the cabinet meeting before and after the emergency martial law.
The police said that of the 12 people who attended and accompanied the cabinet meeting, in addition to President Yoon Seok-yeol, former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun and Unification Minister Kim Yeong-ho, the other nine people were investigated. The nine people include: Prime Minister Han Deok-soo, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Planning and Finance Choi Sang-mok, Minister of Justice Park Seong-jae, former Minister of the Public Administration and Security Lee Sang-min, Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yeol, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Song Mi-ryung, Minister of Health and Welfare Cho Kyu-hong, Minister of Small and Medium Enterprises Oh Yeon-soo, and Director of the National Intelligence Service Cho Tae-yong.
