The Kwon Chang-yeong special prosecution team, which indicted former President Yoon Seok-yeol and others on charges of insurrection, asked the Jo Eun-seok special prosecution team for insurrection for its opinion on applying the crime of rebellion under military law to the December 12th emergency martial law incident. This is interpreted as an attempt to create external justification after concluding that the possibility of indictment was low before the end of the investigation period. The special prosecution team for insurrection judged that it would be difficult to apply the crime of rebellion based on past Supreme Court precedents, arguing that if military forces were mobilized under the order or approval of the president, it could not be seen as a rebellion against military command. Although the joint special prosecution team initially assessed the possibility of applying the crime of rebellion high, it concluded after several months of investigation that indictment would be difficult. The investigation is scheduled to be completed on the 23rd.
