South Korea's Ex-Prez Yoon sentenced to 5 years in prison over obstruction of justice, other charges
SEOUL: Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced to five years in prison Friday on charges that included the obstruction of investigators' attempt to detain him last year.
The Seoul Central District Court delivered the verdict in the first ruling on charges stemming from Yoon's short-lived imposition of martial law in December 2024.
The sentence was half of what special counsel Cho Eun-suk's team had requested last month, saying the former president committed a "grave crime" by "privatising" state institutions with the aim of concealing and justifying his criminal acts, Yonhap News Agency reported.
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