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STORY: :: South Korea’s special forces chief said he was ordered to block lawmakers from voting to end martial law:: December 9, 2024:: Seoul, South Korea:: Kim Hyun-tae, Col. Kim Hyun-tae, 707th Special Missions Group“I received phone calls at intervals of 1- 2 minutes. And after some time had passed, I was asked if it would be possible to bring lawmakers out of the National Assembly.”"We were all victims who were used by the former defence minister, Kim Yong-hyun. The members of the (707th Special Mission) Group are not guilty. Their only guilt is that they followed the orders of their commander."Colonel Kim Hyun-tae, the commanding officer of the 707th Special Missions Group, told reporters he took all responsibility for his troops' raid on parliament but said he was acting under orders from the defence minister.South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, who is now a subject of a criminal investigation, declared martial law last Tuesday (December 3) only to rescind the order within hours after parliament met in defiance of a security cordon to vote it invalid.Yoon survived an impeachment vote in an opposition-led parliament on Saturday (December 7) which plunged South Korea into a constitutional crisis. Yoon said ahead of the vote he was entrusting his fate to the ruling party, but he did not offer to resign.
