▲ Kim Jong-uk, former commissioner general of the Coast Guard, arrives at the Seoul Central District Court in southern Seoul to attend his arrest warrant hearing in this file photo taken July 3, 2026. (Yonhap)

SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- A special counsel team said Wednesday it has indicted a former head of the Coast Guard over his alleged involvement in former President Yoon Suk Yeol's failed 2024 martial law bid.

Kim Jong-uk faces charges of abusing his power for allegedly planning to expand Coast Guard personnel for a martial law investigative body after Yoon's martial law declaration on Dec. 3, 2024.

He also faces insurrection-related charges for allegedly dispatching a liaison officer to the military at the time.

Special counsel Kwon Chang-young's team sought a warrant for Kim's arrest last month, but a court dismissed the request, ruling that there was room for dispute over the allegations.

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