Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has suffered a major setback in the court. On Thursday (February 19), the court found him guilty and sentenced him to life imprisonment. On December 3, 2024, the court found him guilty of leading the rebellion related to martial law. Yoon Suk had declared martial law 443 days ago, after which he has now been sentenced. You can appeal against the court’s decision.
According to the report of The Korea Times, the prosecution had demanded to hang him, but the court refused. According to the criminal law of Korea, there is a provision of only three types of punishment for a criminal who rebels, which includes death sentence, life imprisonment with labor or life imprisonment without labor. The court concluded that the order met the legal definition of rebellion.
Justice Ji Kui-yun said in his order that the former President of South Korea tried to illegally capture the Parliament. For this, army and police were mobilized and dictatorship was implemented by arresting the leaders.
The court said, ‘If it is proved that an attempt was made to disturb the constitutional system of the country, then the current President can also be charged with rebellion. It was also added in the order that the declaration of martial law also caused damage to the government institutions of the country. Not only this, the army and police also lost their neutrality, due to which the image of South Korea was damaged abroad.
Yoon’s lawyers claimed that the announcement was made in the exercise of presidential authority and was intended to alert people to a national crisis. He took his decision not to abolish the constitutional system but as a warning and appeal. Along with the former President, former Defense Minister Yong Hyun has also been sentenced to 30 years.
