Special Prosecutor Team Conducts Second Search of Supreme Prosecutors' Office Over Shim Woojeong Martial Law Rebellion Allegations

Kwon Changyoung's Second Comprehensive Special Prosecutor Team has once again launched a search and seizure operation at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office in connection with suspicions that former Prosecutor General Shim Woojeong was involved in the December 3 Martial Law Incident.

On the 6th, the special prosecutor team stated, "Starting at 10 a.m., we are executing search and seizure warrants on officials in the Supreme Prosecutors' Office Emergency Safety Office and the Information and Communications Office in connection with former Prosecutor General Shim and Jeon Mugon, the former Director of the Planning and Coordination Department at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, on charges of participating in significant roles in the martial law rebellion."

The Supreme Prosecutors' Office building appears distorted through the sculpture at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office in Seocho-gu, Seoul. 2025.07.01 Photo by Dongju Yoon

The special prosecutor team suspects that former Prosecutor General Shim participated in the rebellion, including reviewing the dispatch of prosecutors to the Joint Martial Law Investigation Headquarters under the direction of former Minister of Justice Park Sungjae.

The team believes that discussions on participation in the rebellion likely took place during the Supreme Prosecutors' Office leadership meeting held on the day martial law was declared, and is working to verify related details.

The Emergency Safety Officer reportedly attended the Supreme Prosecutors' Office leadership meeting at the time and explained matters related to martial law statutes. Emergency Safety Officers, present in each ministry, are responsible for tasks that prepare for national emergencies such as martial law.

During a prior search and seizure, the special prosecutor team secured a document titled "Jurisdiction of Trials Under Martial Law," which outlined the jurisdiction for trials and investigations during martial law.

In the course of questioning officials at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, the team obtained testimony to the effect that "there were discussions on how to respond to crimes that would fall under military court jurisdiction if martial law were actually enforced."

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