"Officer Accused of Martial Law Involvement Promoted" Military Human Rights Center Urges Review of Personnel

[Financial News] The Military Human Rights Center claimed that military officers suspected of participating in the December 12-3 martial law last year were recently included in the list of those scheduled for promotion to lieutenant colonel, and called for a complete review of the personnel plan.
The Military Human Rights Center held a press conference at its office in Mapo-gu, Seoul on the 15th, stating, "Half of those scheduled for promotion to lieutenant colonel in the intelligence specialty (branch) were selected as martial law execution personnel and yet were selected as candidates," they said.
The center claimed that three majors were included in the 30 or so execution personnel gathered under the 'Pangyo 100th Brigade' of the Intelligence Command during the martial law. Among them, Major A was pointed out to have been tasked with selecting and recruiting martial law participants under the orders of a superior. Major B is presumed to have participated in martial law with a superior, and Major C alone.
The Military Human Rights Center pointed out that the reason they were included as candidates for promotion is largely due to the Ministry of National Defense and the Army Promotion Selection Committee's guideline of "not reflecting martial law-related content in promotion reviews." They further criticized that due to the nature of the intelligence service, internal recommendations are directly reflected, forming a specific network-centered 'inner circle.'
The center announced that they would report the three majors for conspiracy to commit rebellion to the special prosecutor.

425_sama@fnnews.com Seunghan Choi, Reporter