South Korea ex-Minister gets 25 years for role in martial law disaster: Yonhap
The court said Park helped carry out Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law bid and ordered him into custody after rejecting additional graft charges.
- On Monday, the Seoul Central District Court sentenced former Justice Minister Park Sung-jae to 25 years in prison for his role in President Yoon Suk Yeol's 2024 martial law declaration, finding him guilty of insurrection.
- Park facilitated the insurrection by checking prison capacity to hold political figures and instructing officials to cooperate with the martial law command, court records show.
- Special counsel Cho Eun-suk's team sought a 20-year sentence, arguing Park "reduced the law to a tool of insurrection in his abuse of power and posed a challenge to the rule of law."
- Joining other convicted Cabinet members like Prime Minister Han Duck-soo and Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun, Park also faced charges regarding Kim Keon Hee, though the court dismissed anti-graft allegations.
- Yoon himself received a 30-year sentence earlier this month, following the brief 2024 martial law bid that plunged South Korea into an unprecedented political crisis.
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According to the court, Park prepared the imprisonment of several opposition members.
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Former South Korean justice minister gets 25-year prison term for role in martial law imposition
A former South Korean justice minister has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. A court found him guilty of aiding ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol's brief martial law imposition in 2024. The Seoul Central District Court said Park Sung-jae…
A Seoul court sentenced a former justice minister on Monday to 25 years in prison for his role in the Martial Law crisis in 2024.
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