Special counsel team reinvestigates former Coast Guard official over alleged martial law role
Published: 19 Apr. 2026, 16:38
Updated: 19 Apr. 2026, 16:42
![Security officials stand outside special counsel Kwon Chang-young's office in Gwacheon, southern Seoul in this undated file photo. [YONHAP]](https://koreaseafood.online/data/photo/2026/04/19/9e5f19d1-8810-414f-b946-b74baf84c0b9.jpg)
Security officials stand outside special counsel Kwon Chang-young's office in Gwacheon, southern Seoul in this undated file photo. [YONHAP]
A special counsel team raided the Coast Guard's offices on Friday, reopening an investigation into the agency's suspected involvement in former President Yoon Suk Yeol's failed martial law bid in 2024.
The team tasked with investigating uncovered allegations surrounding Yoon and his decree, said it sent investigators to carry out a search and seizure at the Coast Guard's offices in Incheon, just west of Seoul.
The team is looking into allegations that a former senior Coast Guard officer called for personnel to carry firearms and dispatched officials to a joint investigation headquarters after Yoon's martial law declaration on Dec. 3, 2024.
A previous special counsel team had cleared the Coast Guard official after failing to find signs that he participated in planning for Yoon's decree and determining that he did not have the authority to dispatch personnel.
The earlier investigation also did not find evidence that the Coast Guard took specific action in line with the official's calls.
Yonhap
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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