"The judge who acquitted Lee Jae-myung in the first trial is also subject to martial law arrest."

[Anchor]
It was revealed that President Yoon Suk Yeol was trying to arrest key politicians and former Supreme Court justices when he declared emergency martial law.

However, it was revealed that even the incumbent judge who acquitted Lee Jae-myung in the first trial of perjury teacher charges was the subject of arrest.

I'll connect you to a reporter for more information.

Reporter Lim Ye-jin, the judge of the Seoul Central District Court is included in the martial law arrest list, right?

[Reporter]
Yes, of the 10 people ordered to be arrested at the time of the declaration of the emergency martial law,
Judge Kim Dong-hyun of the 33rd Division of Criminal Agreement of the Seoul Central District Court
was included.

On the 25th of last month, Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party of Korea, who is accused of perjury, was acquitted in the first trial.

He is also in charge of hearing suspicions about Daejang-dong and Baekhyeon-dong, which are Lee's key judicial risks.

Soon after martial law was declared, Yeo In-hyeong, the commander of the Defense Security Command, demanded police chief Jo Ji-ho to track the location of about 15 people on the condition of arrest.

In addition to former Supreme Court Chief Justice Kim Myung-soo and former Supreme Court Justice Kwon Soon-il, incumbent Judge Kim was included on the tracking list.

Commissioner Jo Ji-ho asked who Kim Dong-hyun was because he had an unfamiliar name,
It is known that Commander
clearly answered that he was the judge who acquitted Lee of perjury in the first trial.

Commissioner Cho is said to have confided in the investigation of the police special investigation team.

Following the National Assembly and the Central Election Commission, attempts to arrest incumbent judges have been revealed, raising the question of whether the legislature as well as the judiciary were trying to neutralize them.

[Anchor]
I heard that National Police Agency Commissioner Jo Ji-ho denies the charges of conspiracy in connection with the emergency martial law incident.

[Reporter]
Yes, Commissioner Cho protested in a phone call with YTN that he was prepared to resign despite a series of demands for arrest by President Yoon Suk Yeol and the Defense Security Command.

Cho and Kim Bong-sik, the head of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, met with President Yoon and former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun at a safe house in Samcheong-dong, Seoul, about three hours before President Yoon declared martial law on the 3rd.

At the meeting, President Yoon unilaterally talked about the need for martial law for five minutes, and he only gave and received the same A4 paper of command, claiming that it was not a "collusion."

Also, commander Yeo In-hyeong said he did not comply with the location tracking request and continued to pressure him through the National Investigation Headquarters' security inspection, but Cho repeatedly refused.

Commissioner Cho reportedly stated in a police investigation that the executive came to the commissioner's office and asked, but clearly ordered the counterintelligence agency not to give related information.

However, Commissioner Cho said he was sorry for hiding the meeting before the martial law was declared and falsely saying that he knew about martial law by watching TV, adding that he would not give up and receive it when the warrant is reviewed.

I'm YTN Lim Yejin from the social studies department.