A former member of the military prosecution investigation team which probed the assassination of President Pak Chong - hui by then Central intelligence Director Kim Chae - kyu in October 1979 , testified that there was no evidence that then Army chief of Staff and Martial Law Commander , Gen. Chong dong - kwa , was involved in the assassination . The charge was not based on concrete evidence but on what he did after Kim suspected Pak . Accordingly , Pak was nearby when Pak was killed , and a member of the team questioned him at the commander 's office on three occasions suspecting him to be part of a military elite meeting .
A former member of the military prosecution investigation team which probed the assassination of President Pak Chong-hui by then Central Intelligence Director Kim Chae-kyu in October 1979, testified that there was no evidence that then Army Chief of Staff and Martial Law Commander, Gen. Chong Sung-kwa, was involved in the slaying. The charge was not based on concrete evidence but on what he did after Kim killed Pak. Accordingly, Chong was nearby when Pak was killed, and a member of the investigation questioned him at the commander's office on three occasions suspecting him to be part of a military elite meeting.