Chun Doo-hwan secured evidence of firing order on 518

(1)It was confirmed on the 13th that the investigation committee on the truth of the May 18 Democratic Movement secured testimony from Chun Doo-hwan’s key aides that Chun played a leading and central role in the responsibility of ordering martial law forces to fire on civilians during the May 18 Democratic Movement in 1980. The May 18 Pro-Advocacy Committee will hold a full committee meeting on the 16th to decide whether to hold the May 18 hearing
(2)Song Sun-tae, chairman of the May 18th Truth Investigation Committee, said at the parliamentary audit of the National Assembly’s National Defense Committee on the 13th, “When the May 18 Democratic Movement was suppressed, there were 54 shots at 26 places.” We have secured testimony from Jeon’s key aides on Jeon’s initiative and centrality in the firing and suppression operations.”

(1)Chairman Song continued, “The military that was deployed as a riot force at the time.”
(2)He said, “We secured testimony that Jeon had a separate command, instruction, and reporting system from Hanahoe because all of the college graduates were from Hanahoe.” He also said, “The National Forensic Service confirmed that Chun Doo-hwan participated in the operation and led the operation plan and the handwriting of the generals who were present at the time.”
(3)In the document on military instructions and measures between the May 23, 1980 Gwangju Chungjeong Operation of the Army 2nd Army Command, which contained the situation at that time, the handwriting of Good Idea was written by Your Excellency, and the National Forensic Service examined the handwriting and found that it was most likely that it belonged to Kim Joon-bong, then chief of operational staff of the 2nd Army CommandChief of Operational Staff Kim Joon-bong was one of the leaders attending the meeting where Jeon decided to invoke the military self-defense right at the timeOperation Chungjeong is the name of the martial law army, which suppressed the Jeonnam Provincial Government, the last protest of the civilian army