He is found guilty of ordering his security service to prevent his arrest in January last year, violating the rights of nine cabinet members who were not invited to a meeting to review his proposed martial law plan, and preparing and subsequently destroying a revised proclamation after the martial law order was lifted.
The meeting was broadcast live. The court found that Yoon Seok Yeol showed no remorse, although “the nature of the crimes was very serious.”
The agency notes that this decision will affect the verdict that will be pronounced on February 19 on charges of organizing a coup against the former head of state. For this, prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for him.
The former president is named in just eight trials over the attempted martial law, his wife's alleged corruption and the death of a Marine in 2023, Yonhap points out.
