Yeo In-hyeong, deputy director of the National Intelligence Service, said, "Please help me arrest senior."

On the day of martial law, Yeo In-hyeong, the head of the South Korean military's counterintelligence command, who was in charge of arresting the ruling party and opposition leaders, was found to have asked Hong Jang-won, the former deputy chief of the National Intelligence Service, to help him locate the target.

The prosecution's indictment of former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun indicated the contents of the call between Commander Yeo and former Deputy Chief Hong to this effect.

Specifically, Commander Yeo was found to have said, "Senior, please help me with this," "I can't figure out where the arrest came out," and "I'll call you a list" in a phone call with former deputy chief Hong at around 11 p.m. on the 3rd of last month.

Former deputy chief Hong is the 43rd Korea Military Academy, five years older than commander Yeo, and they were found to have talked on the phone about 40 minutes after President Yoon's martial law announcement.

Commander Yeo was instructed by former Minister Kim to arrest about 10 key figures, including Lee Jae-myung, chairman of the Democratic Party of Korea, Han Dong-hoon, former chairman of the People's Power Party, and National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-sik.