South Korea's Supreme Court upholds lower court ruling in ex-president Yoon's obstruction case
The court also upheld findings that Yoon blocked investigators and violated Cabinet procedures, while prosecutors had sought a 10-year term.
- On Thursday, South Korea's Supreme Court upheld a seven-year prison sentence for former President Yoon Suk Yeol, finalizing convictions for obstructing justice and illegally orchestrating his 2024 martial law declaration.
- Justices affirmed findings that Yoon violated the rights of nine Cabinet members by excluding them from deliberations, falsified martial law documents, and used security forces to resist his own arrest.
- The former president declared martial law on December 3, 2024, plunging the nation into a political crisis; while he insisted the move was "solely for the sake of the nation," the Constitutional Court found the decree lacked legal grounds.
- Yoon's legal team expressed "deep regret" following the verdict, accusing the court of concluding the case "without sufficient deliberation" and vowing to seek a ruling from the Constitutional Court.
- Yoon faces seven other trials as part of a broader judicial reckoning, including a separate case where he received a 30-year prison sentence for ordering drone flights to "manufacture" a crisis.
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The Supreme Court of South Korea confirmed on Thursday the seven-year prison sentence pronounced against former President Yoon Suk Yeol, accused of obstruction of justice and other crimes related to his failed declaration on the establishment of the Martial Law of 2024. The former President, who fell into disgrace, repeatedly argued that his statement on the establishment of the Martial Law was motivated by the public interest, France24 announce…
Pena is related to the failed attempt to declare martial law in 2024
South Korea’s Supreme Court Upholds Former President Yoon’s 7-Year Prison Sentence
South Korea’s Supreme Court on July 9 upheld a 7-year prison sentence against former President Yoon Suk Yeol for obstructing investigators’ attempts to detain him after he briefly imposed martial law on the country in December 2024. The court upheld an April ruling by the Seoul High Court that found Yoon guilty of infringing on Cabinet members’ right to deliberate before he declared martial law, falsifying the official proclamation to cover up t…
The former president of South Korea had already been sentenced to life imprisonment. The Supreme Court confirmed the sentence to seven years in prison regarding the failed attempt to declare martial law.
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