So Far 21 Colonels and 14 Generals Suspended and Demoted from the ROK Military as Part of Martial Law Investigation
The purge in the ROK military continues with these 120 investigators arguably being the equivalent of political commissars ensuring ideological purity within the ROK military:
The Defense Ministry has dismissed 14 generals under its toughest levels of military discipline over the Dec. 3 martial law declaration, as further proceedings remain underway, Seoul’s ministry said Wednesday.
The dismissals follow a six-month investigation by the ministry’s task force, conducted as part of a pangovernmental effort. The task force deployed about 120 personnel to examine 24 military units and institutions and question roughly 860 individuals.
A total of 35 military personnel, all colonels or above, received heavy disciplinary actions. Sanctions ranged from suspension and demotion to dismissal and removal from service.
Of the 14 generals disciplined under the harshest penalties of military law, 12 received the most severe sanction, expulsion, which strips them of military status and reduces their retirement benefits.
The group receiving the toughest punishments included five three-star lieutenant generals, four two-star major generals and three one-star brigadier generals.
Two others, a lieutenant general and a major general, were dismissed from office — the second-highest penalty. The two were removed from their posts and forced into retirement.
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