Police said on Sunday, February 8, 2026, they are questioning former presidential chief of staff Chung Jin-suk over his alleged role in former President Yoon Suk Yeol's brief declaration of martial law in late 2024. Chung is suspected of ordering the wiping of about 1,000 computers at the presidential office after the Constitutional Court removed Yoon from office in April 2025. The probe includes allegations of damage to public electronic records.
On Sunday, February 8, 2026, at around 10:10 a.m., a police special investigation unit summoned former presidential chief of staff Chung Jin-suk as a suspect at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency. Chung, considered one of former President Yoon Suk Yeol's closest aides, was previously under probe by a special counsel team over allegations that he deleted records and documents related to the martial law declaration from shared computers at the presidential office to destroy evidence.
Chung attended a Cabinet meeting convened by Yoon shortly before the decree was imposed in late 2024 and later met with Yoon inside a military control room ahead of a second Cabinet meeting the following day that lifted the decree. He is now suspected of having ordered the wiping of some 1,000 computers at the presidential office after the Constitutional Court removed Yoon from office in April 2025 over his martial law bid.
The probe includes allegations of damage to public electronic records. This questioning marks a continued effort to hold key figures accountable in the investigation into Yoon's brief imposition of martial law and its aftermath.
