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 the lapse before later destroying the document, and deploying presidential security forces to illegally resist law enforcement efforts to detain him weeks after his impeachment.
The ruling came after the Seoul High Court increased his prison sentence to seven years from five in April, following its finding that Yoon was guilty of additional charges….
South Korea’s Supreme Court Upholds Former President Yoon’s 7-Year Prison Sentence
