SEOUL, April 29 (Reuters) – A South Korean appeals court on Wednesday gave a seven-year jail term to former President Yoon Suk Yeol on charges including obstructing investigators trying to execute an arrest warrant since his short-lived 2024 martial law declaration. The Seoul High Court delivered the ruling in a televised hearing, the first decision […]
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South Korean appeals court gives 7-year jail term to former President Yoon in arrest obstruction case
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SEOUL, April 29 (Reuters) – A South Korean appeals court on Wednesday gave a seven-year jail term to former President Yoon Suk Yeol on charges including obstructing investigators trying to execute an arrest warrant since his short-lived 2024 martial law declaration.
The Seoul High Court delivered the ruling in a televised hearing, the first decision by a special court division set up to handle cases linked to Yoon’s martial law bid in December 2024.
(Reporting by Joyce Lee; Editing by Himani Sarkar)