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SEOUL, South Korea<\/a> (AP) \u2014 A South Korean appeals court on Wednesday sentenced ousted\u00a0President Yoon Suk Yeol\u00a0to seven years in prison for resisting arrest and bypassing a legitimate Cabinet meeting before his brief imposition of martial law in December 2024.<\/p>\n

The conviction for obstruction of justice and other charges comes on top of a\u00a0life sentence<\/a> he has already received on rebellion charges stemming from his baffling authoritarian push, which triggered the most serious crisis for the country\u2019s democracy in decades.<\/p>\n

Judge Yoon Sung-sik of the Seoul High Court said the conservative former president sidestepped a legally mandated full Cabinet meeting before declaring martial law, falsified documents to conceal the lapse, and deployed security officials “like a private army” to resist law enforcement efforts to arrest him in the weeks following his impeachment. Former President Yoon stood quietly as the verdict was delivered and made no comment.<\/p>\n

SOUTH KOREAN COURT RULES EX\u2011PRESIDENT YOON SUK YEOL GUILTY IN INSURRECTION TRIAL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Yoo Jeong-hwa, one of Yoon\u2019s lawyers, called the verdict “very disappointing” and said the legal team would appeal to the Supreme Court. Yoon has also\u00a0appealed his life sentence.<\/p>\n

A lower court in January sentenced Yoon to five years in prison but partially cleared him of abuse-of-power charges tied to the Cabinet meeting ahead of the martial law declaration, finding he was not responsible for the failure to attend of two members who were invited.<\/p>\n

The Seoul High Court reversed that acquittal, finding him guilty on all counts and ruling that he violated the rights of those two as well as seven other Cabinet members who weren\u2019t notified by convening only a select few to simulate a formal meeting.<\/p>\n

SOUTH KOREAN PROSECUTOR SEEKS DEATH PENALTY FOR EX-PRESIDENT YOON OVER MARTIAL LAW DECLARATION: ‘SELF-COUP’<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Though brief, Yoon\u2019s Dec. 3, 2024, martial law decree threw the country into a severe political crisis<\/a>, paralyzing politics and high-level diplomacy and rattling financial markets. The turmoil eased only after his liberal rival,\u00a0Lee Jae Myung<\/span>, won an early presidential election in June.<\/p>\n

Yoon was suspended from office on Dec. 14, 2024, after being impeached by the liberal-led legislature<\/a> and was\u00a0formally removed\u00a0by the Constitutional Court in April 2025.<\/p>\n

Following his suspension from office, he refused to comply with a Seoul court’s warrant to detain him<\/a> for questioning, setting up a standoff in which dozens of investigators arrived at the presidential residence in early January 2025 but were blocked by presidential security forces and vehicle barricades. He was detained later that month, released by another court in March, and was then re-arrested in July.<\/p>\n

He remained in custody after that as a series of criminal trials<\/a>, which are continuing, began.<\/p>\n

Wednesday\u2019s ruling came a day after the same court increased to\u00a0four years\u00a0the sentence of Yoon\u2019s wife,\u00a0Kim Keon Hee, for charges including accepting luxury gifts from the\u00a0Unification Church, which sought political favors from Yoon\u2019s government, and involvement in a stock price manipulation scheme.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors in a separate trial last week also\u00a0requested a 30-year prison term<\/a>\u00a0for Yoon\u00a0over allegations that he deliberately tried to escalate tensions with North Korea in 2024 by ordering drone flights over Pyongyang as he sought to create justifiable conditions for\u00a0martial law\u00a0at home.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/court-sentences-former-world-leader-7-years-prison-resisting-arrest-charges <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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