A Seoul court on Monday morning convicted former President Yoon Suk Yeol of orchestrating a scheme to fly drones into North Korean airspace in order to provoke tensions and justify the martial law he attempted to impose in December 2024, according to N12's Asaf Rozentzweig. The additional 30-year sentence follows a previous conviction on insurrection charges related to the martial law bid.
Seoul Central District Court convicted former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday of plotting a drone incursion into North Korean airspace, a scheme the court found was designed to artificially raise cross-border tensions and provide a pretext for the martial law he sought to declare in December 2024. The court sentenced Yoon to an additional 30 years in prison, supplementing a prior sentence on insurrection charges tied to the martial law attempt itself. The ruling, reported by N12's Asaf Rozentzweig, marks the second major criminal conviction against the former leader within months. The drone scheme was uncovered during investigations into Yoon's December 2024 emergency decree, which he claimed was necessary to counter a North Korean threat. Prosecutors presented evidence that Yoon authorized the drone flights from a military base, aiming to fabricate a security crisis. Yoon's legal team is expected to appeal. No prior coverage on this thread exists in The Zioneer archive. The sentence adds to a growing legal reckoning for Yoon, whose December 2024 martial law decree led to mass protests and his eventual impeachment by the National Assembly.
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