Former Army Special Warfare Command (SWC) commander Kwak Jong-geun made the statement during a hearing for Yoon's impeachment trial at the Constitutional Court of Korea in Seoul. When asked whether the lawmakers were the targets of Yoon's order, Kwak confirmed that they were.
He further elaborated that when Yoon gave the order to "enter and drag out the people inside," he assumed the target was the lawmakers, as there were no others like martial law troops in the National Assembly's main hall.
Earlier in the day, Colonel Kim Hyun-tae, head of the 707th Special Mission Group involved in the martial law attempt also testified he was instructed to block the National Assembly.
"The mission I was given was to block and secure the National Assembly. I instructed the personnel to block the parliamentary building," Kim said.
Their testimonies align with those of National Intelligence Service deputy director Hong Jang-won, who appeared at a previous hearing earlier this week and gave similar testimony, saying that he was ordered to round up lawmakers.
Yoon has refuted these allegations, explaining that his instructions were aimed at capturing "spies." Former Minister of Defense Kim Yong-hyun also claimed that the order to "drag out" was directed at "agents," not lawmakers.
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