US EditionProsecutors Seek Death Penalty for Ex-President Yoon Over Insurrection
- On Tuesday, independent counsel Cho Eun-suk demanded the death sentence for former President Yoon Suk Yeol on rebellion charges tied to his December 2024 martial law imposition at a Seoul Central District Court hearing.
- Removed from office last April, Yoon Suk Yeol, former President, faces criminal trials over his short-lived martial law episode and other scandals in South Korea.
- Prosecutors say the central allegation is that Yoon Suk Yeol, former President, directed a rebellion, while the December 2024 martial law order provoked dramatic scenes with lawmakers, including members of Yoon's ruling party, voting down his decree in the assembly hall.
- A verdict is scheduled for February at the Seoul Central District Court on Yoon Suk Yeol, former President.
- Yoon Suk Yeol, former President, has defended the decree as a desperate yet peaceful attempt to raise public awareness about the danger posed by the liberal opposition Democratic Party, calling the opposition-controlled parliament `a den of criminals` and `anti-state forces`.
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ledauphine.comOn Tuesday, the South Korean prosecutor's office demanded the death penalty against former President Yoon Suk Yeol, who had tried to establish martial law. The verdict will be handed down on 19 February.
The special prosecutor's team requested that the former President of South Korea, Yoon Sok Yeol, be sentenced to death in a state of war case in December 2024, reported to Renhap.
Accused of insurrection for the failed declaration of martial law in 2024 (ANSA)
South Korean prosecutors have asked the court to impose the death penalty on ousted president Yoon Suk-yeol. The court where Yoon is being tried has confirmed this. In December 2024, he declared martial law, which he subsequently retracted. Last December, the first sentence in the series of cases was issued. Prosecutors then requested a ten-year prison sentence, partly for obstructing attempts to arrest him. Yoon is also accused of leading an up…
Prosecutors have requested the harshest possible sentence for Yun Syogyol, and the former defense minister would be sentenced to life in prison.
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