South Korea suspends drone chief accused of sending drones to North Korea illegally ahead of martial law
South KoreaThe Ministry of Defense suspended the country’s drone operations commander in the face of the concerns of the army drones Posted North Korea In the preparations of the former President illegally last year Yoon Suk Yeolimposition martial law.
The Ministry of Defense said that Major General Kim Yong-Dae, who served as the commander of the unit, was dismissed on Monday.
Gen Kim was detained without the arrest warrant that Mr. Yoon ordered a secret drone operation to the north last year and ordered a secret drone operation to exacerbate the tension between neighbors and neighbors. Justify the martial law decree.. Mr. Yoon rejected the charges.
Gen Kim’s accusations include the establishment of official documents.
On December 3, the imposition of a short, malicious martial law on December 3 led to an indictment against life imprisonment or a rebellion that could be punished for death. The arrest of Mr. Yoon, who was asked with concerns that he could destroy the evidence, may mark the beginning of a long period of time in custody while researchers follow additional charges.
The inspectors claimed that the former president gave direct orders to the drone commander in October last year and tells him to send drones to North Korea without warning the Ministry of Defense or joint personnel chiefs. The movement was probably claimed to have justified the military climb from North Korea and the imposition of fighting law.
However, the request for orders made by a special consultant team led by Cho Eun-SUK was rejected by the Seoul Central Regional Court on Monday and said that a detention would excessively restrict defense rights.
Prosecutors and police in South Korea are allowed to “urgent arrest” if someone is guilty of a serious crime and can escape or destroy the evidence.
The South Korean commander rejected the allegations and said that the incident was a part of a “secret military operation ve to respond to the act of North Korea’s garbage balloons and did not intend to provoke the neighbor.
In October last year, North Korea said that he sent drones to distribute anti -North Korean brochures on the South’s capital Pyongyang. The North Korean state media also published photographs of the remains of a collapsed South Korean military drone.
At that time, South Korea refused to explain whether he sent the drones.
