The Seoul Central District Court has announced its verdict regarding former South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol. He was sentenced to five years in prison on charges related to his imposition of martial law in December 2024. This is reported by UNN with reference to Yonhap.
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The ex-president was accused of ordering his security service to obstruct his arrest in January 2025, and of preparing and subsequently destroying a revised proclamation after the martial law decree was revoked. In addition, Yoon Suk-yeol is accused of violating the rights of nine government members who were not invited to a meeting to consider his proposed martial law plan.
In total, the former South Korean president is a defendant in eight lawsuits. These include an attempt to impose martial law, his wife's alleged corruption, and the death of a marine in 2023.
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In South Korea, a special prosecutor demanded the death penalty for former President Yoon Suk-yeol.