Seoul: A special counsel team announced on Thursday that it has appealed to the Supreme Court regarding a lower court's decision concerning former President Yoon Suk Yeol's obstruction of justice case and other charges related to his unsuccessful 2024 martial law attempt.
According to Yonhap News Agency, the Seoul High Court on Wednesday increased Yoon's sentence from five to seven years in prison, while maintaining his acquittal on the charge of exercising a false official document. Special counsel Cho Eun-suk's team, which had sought a 10-year sentence for Yoon, expressed in a press notice their intention to contest the acquittal at the Supreme Court.
The appeals court found Yoon guilty of concocting and later discarding a false proclamation after the martial law decree was rescinded. However, it acquitted him of exercising the document as it was never publicly disclosed. Yoon's legal team has declared their intention to challenge the ruling, labeling it "unacceptable."
The former president is facing a total of eight trials following his unsuccessful bid to impose martial law on December 3, 2024. In February, he was sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of leading an insurrection through his martial law declaration.