Special Prosecutor: “Security Office Document Interpreted as Permit for Broadcast”, ‘In the trial of former Prime Minister Han Deok-soo, accused of aiding the chief instigator of an insurrection, the court has allowed the broadcasting of evidence related to the CCTV footage from the day of the emergency martial law declaration in the presidential office.’
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Former Prime Minister Han Deok-soo, charged with ‘aiding in insurrection,’ attends the first trial at the Seoul Central District Court on the morning of September 30, 2025. Photo by Joint Press Corps,
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, ‘The 33rd Criminal Division of the Seoul Central District Court (Presiding Judge Lee Jin-gwan) announced on the 13th that it would broadcast the evidence examination related to the CCTV footage in the second trial of former Prime Minister Han, who is accused of aiding the chief instigator of an insurrection, perjury, and the creation and use of false documents.’
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, ‘The CCTV reportedly captures former Prime Minister Han taking martial law documents and a public statement document from the venue of the cabinet meeting on the day of the emergency martial law. It is also said to include footage of Han counting fingers to confirm the quorum for the cabinet meeting with former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun.’
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, ‘Prosecutor Joo Eun-seok’s team stated, “After receiving an official document from the Presidential Security Office regarding the declassification of military secrets, it is interpreted as authorizing the broadcast,” and requested the court to authorize the broadcast of the evidence examination. ‘, A document from the Security Office reportedly contains content indicating that while it might be possible to disclose secrets related to former Prime Minister Han’s trial, disclosure of secrets unrelated to the trial is not permitted.
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, ‘Initially, the special prosecutor’s team requested trial broadcasting excluding ‘, the military secret-related, CCTV, but during the initial trial held on September 30, they announced the procedure for declassifying the secret before proceeding with public procedures due to public interest in the trial and issues related to non-disclosure if examined during the trial classified as a level 3 military secret.’
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, After completing the CCTV evidence examination, the court plans to conduct a witness examination of former Unification Minister Kim Yong-ho.
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, ‘Former Prime Minister Han was indicted without detention last September for charges including aiding the chief instigator of an insurrection, perjury, creation of false official documents, damage to official documents, violation of the Presidential Records Management Act, and the use of false documents.’
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, “The special prosecutor’s team views former Prime Minister Han, who was the Deputy Chair of the Cabinet Meeting and ‘the second-in-command of the state apparatus,’ as having failed to prevent and having abetted former President Yoon Seok-yeol’s illegal emergency martial law declaration. They allege that he conspired to give an ‘appearance’ of procedural legality to the martial law by proposing the convening of a cabinet meeting before the declaration and correcting legal deficiencies in the initial martial law proclamation by drafting and discarding a subsequent proclamation. He is also accused of perjury at the Constitutional Court, denying awareness of the martial law proclamation.”