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TEMPO.CO, Jakarta\u00a0<\/strong>–\u00a0A South Korean appeals court\u00a0hiked on Wednesday the sentence of former\u00a0<\/span>South Korean<\/a>\u00a0President\u00a0Yoon Suk Yeol from five years to seven years, in\u00a0a justice obstruction case.<\/p>\n In January, a lower court\u00a0<\/span>sentenced Yoon to five years in prison\u00a0<\/span>for abuse of power, having used presidential security agents to block his arrest, and for other charges.<\/p>\n In a separate trial, Yoon was sentenced to life in prison for the crime of leading an insurrection over\u00a0abruptly imposing martial law<\/a>\u00a0in 2024.<\/p>\n Yoon’s previous sentence for the crime of obstruction\u00a0was handed to him by a lower court that also cleared of some of the charges.<\/p>\n On Wednesday, the appeals\u00a0court upheld the initial convictions, but also overturned some of the acquittals.\u00a0Yoon charges were linked to his short-lived 2024 martial law. Prosecutors had been seeking a 10-year jail\u00a0term.<\/p>\n “In trying to stop authorities from executing an arrest warrant by use of force, Yoon committed \u200cacts that are unacceptable in a society of law and order,” the \u200cSeoul High Court judge said.<\/p>\n The initial sentence handed to Yoon in January found him guilty of:<\/p>\n Yoon may still appeal this sentence at the Supreme Court. \u00a0<\/p>\n Yoon was\u00a0<\/span>handed\u00a0a life sentence\u00a0<\/span>in February for the\u00a0crime of leading an insurrection, a result of his failed attempt to impose martial law in 2024.<\/p>\n In December of 2024, Yoon\u00a0made a shock late-night televised address, declaring\u00a0the suspension of civilian rule. Martial law lasted\u00a0about six hours that night as lawmakers rushed\u00a0to the assembly building and voted it down in an emergency session.<\/p>\n He justified the move, saying his plan was to restore democratic order, claiming the country was being besieged by the opposition and “anti-state” forces.<\/p>\n This came after his right-wing People Power Party lost its parliamentary majority earlier that year.<\/p>\n Yoon’s wife,\u00a0former first lady Kim Keon Hee, was also given an increased jail sentence<\/a> earlier this week, on unrelated corruption crimes.\u00a0<\/p>\n Yoon faces eight trials related to his time\u00a0as president. He denies wrongdoing.<\/p>\n Read: <\/i><\/b>Former South Korean First Lady Kim Handed Longer Graft Sentence<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nWhat does Yoon’s\u00a0sentence say?<\/h2>\n
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Yoon life sentence and other legal troubles\u00a0<\/h2>\n