Former leader Kim Hyun-tae sent to prosecutors for claiming that Ahn Gwi-ryeong's actions while holding martial law troops at gunpoint were 'directed'

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Eui-jin = Kim Hyun-tae, former head of the 707th Special Mission Group of the Army Special Operations Command, who claimed that the actions of Blue House Deputy Spokesperson Ahn Gwi-ryeong, who held the martial law troops at gunpoint as they entered the National Assembly during the 12/3 martial law emergency, were 'staged', was handed over to the prosecution.

Seoul Seocho Police Station announced on the 17th that it had sent former director Kim to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office without detention on charges of defamation by spreading false information.

At the trial of former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun and others last year, former Director Kim claimed, "(Unit members) said, 'They saw Deputy Spokesperson Ahn putting on makeup right before preparing for filming,'" and "They attempted to steal guns in a staged manner."

In December of that year, the police, who began the investigation following a complaint from Deputy Spokesperson Ahn, decided that former Director Kim was guilty after analyzing the video of the National Assembly scene and the movements of the parties at the time.

Former Director Kim is said to have made a statement in a police investigation to the effect that 'I only spoke according to a message from a member of the unit and did not recognize it as false information.'

Former Director Kim was handed over to trial on charges of engaging in important civil war missions and was sentenced to 12 years in prison last month. He was then detained by the court on the grounds that there was a risk of him running away or destroying evidence.