1.   High-ranking officer could be sacked for novel on police work.

2.   About half the officers were sacked, according to western reports.

3.   The military did not identify those involved, but newspapers said an army division commander and two senior intelligence officers were sacked.

4.   The trouble began when Biswas sacked two senior army officers, accusing them of talking to unnamed politicians, saying that he had tapes of the conversations.

5.   The military did not identify those involved, but a Seoul newspaper said an army division commander and other senior officers were sacked.