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In a nationwide televised trial scheduled for 2 p.m., the Seoul Central District Court in southern Seoul is set to deliver its ruling on whether Yoon obstructed law enforcement by blocking investigators and other officials who attempted to detain him following his abrupt late-night declaration of martial law on Dec. 3, 2024.
It will be Yoon's first sentencing among his eight cases related to the debacle including the main charges of insurrection and abuse of power, whose verdict is likely to be handed down next month.
At the case's final hearing in December last year, prosecutors sought 10 years in prison for Yoon - five years for obstruction of official duties, three years for abuse of power, and two years for fabricating official documents, calling it "a serious crime in which the defendant privatized state institutions to conceal and justify his wrongdoing."
They said a heavy sentence is necessary "to restore constitutional order and the rule of law, and to prevent a recurrence."
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