Seoul High Court has increased the sentence of former President Yoon Suk Yeol from five to seven years in prison in connection with obstruction of justice and other cases related to the imposition of martial law.
The court found Yoon guilty of obstructing investigators who wanted to detain him in January 2025 in relation to the military emergency policy the previous month, according to a Yonhap News Agency report.
The special prosecutor team led by Cho Eun-suk previously demanded a 10-year prison sentence.
The appeals court upheld most of the findings of the first instance court, including finding Yoon guilty of ordering the deletion of confidential telephone records and issuing and then discarding a false statement after the military emergency decree was lifted.
As reported by ANTARA from Anadolu, Thursday, April 30, the court also stated that the rights of two cabinet members who did not attend the meeting had been violated, thus revoking the previous court ruling regarding the matter.
In addition, the court overturned Yoon's acquittal on charges of abuse of power related to false press statements in defense of the imposition of martial law.
This ruling is the first from the Seoul High Court's riot division in a case related to Yoon's military emergency.
Yoon was removed from his post last year after being found guilty of imposing martial law in December 2024.
A number of cases have been filed against him, and he is currently serving a life sentence related to the military emergency ruling.
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