Special Prosecutor Files Additional Charges Against Yeo Inhyeong Over Military ‘Blacklist’... Kang Hopil and Park Jaeyeol Also Indicted

Compiled List of Senior Officers Linked to Ruling Bloc Figures
Kang Hopil Indicted for Key Role in Insurrection
Park Jaeyeol Charged with Assisting and Following Insurrection

The Second Comprehensive Special Prosecutor's Team, led by Kwon Changyoung, has brought additional charges against former Commander of the Military Counterintelligence Command, Female Doll, for allegedly creating an internal "blacklist" within the military during the Yoon Seokyeol administration and using it for personnel decisions.

Ye In-hyung, former Commander of the Republic of Korea Military Counterintelligence Command, appeared as a witness and made a statement at the 5th hearing of the impeachment trial of President Yoon Seok-yeol held at the Constitutional Court in Jongno-gu, Seoul on February 4, 2025. Photo by the Constitutional Court

On August 18, the special prosecution team announced, "On August 14, former Commander Female Doll was indicted without detention on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of the exercise of rights."

She is accused of instructing her subordinates to separately compile a list of senior officers and executives who had connections with figures currently in the ruling bloc, and then using this information in personnel decisions to disadvantage them.

Former Commander Female Doll is already on trial, alongside Gwak Jonggeun, the former Commander of the Special Warfare Command, and Lee Jinwoo, the former Commander of the Capital Defense Command, on charges including participation in key duties related to insurrection. With this latest indictment, she will also face the court's judgment on allegations of improper intervention in military personnel affairs.

Meanwhile, on the same day, the special prosecution team indicted Kang Hopil, former Commander of the Army Ground Operations Command, and Park Jaeyeol, former Commander of the 7th Corps, without detention for participating in the 12·3 Martial Law. Kang was charged with important mission execution during the insurrection, while Park was charged with assisting and following the insurrection.

Kang is accused of convening an emergency response team immediately after the proclamation of martial law on December 3, 2024, instructing the formation of a Ground Operations Command situation room and calling in all executives. He is also alleged to have served as a regional martial law commander under former Defense Minister Kim Yonghyun, ordering the formation of regional martial law commands and deployment of subordinate units. Park was found to have been involved in preparations for establishing the regional martial law command during this process.

Kang was previously excluded from prosecution during Special Prosecutor Cho Eonseok's insurrection investigation, but the special prosecution team that took over the case conducted further investigations. Although the court had previously dismissed a request for his arrest warrant, the special prosecutors determined that convening the emergency response team and establishing the regional martial law command constituted key duties in the course of the insurrection and proceeded with the indictment.

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