▲ Army Chief of Staff Gen. Park An-su, appointed as martial law commander on the night of Dec. 3, 2024, immediately after President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law, answers lawmakers' questions during an emergency session of the defense committee at the National Assembly in Seoul on Dec. 5. (Yonhap)

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SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Yonhap) -- Army Chief of Staff Gen. Park An-su, who served as the chief commander during President Yoon Suk Yeol's short-lived imposition of martial law, was arrested Tuesday, prosecutors said.

Park was arrested with a court-issued warrant on charges of playing a key role in an insurrection and abuse of power.

Park became the fifth key figure who was arrested over Yoon's Dec. 3 failed bid to impose martial law.

So far, former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun, Lt. Gen. Yeo In-hyung, head of the Defense Counterintelligence Command, Lt. Gen. Kwak Jong-keun, head of the Army Special Warfare Command, and Lt. Gen. Lee Jin-woo, head of the Capital Defense Command, have been arrested.

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