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Army Chief of Staff Gen. Park An-su answers lawmakers' questions during an emergency session of the defense committee at the National Assembly in Seoul, Dec. 5. Yonhap

Army Chief of Staff Gen. Park An-su answers lawmakers' questions during an emergency session of the defense committee at the National Assembly in Seoul, Dec. 5. 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. (Yonhap)