The Blue House said in a notice on the 13th that, regarding the special counsel investigating the insurrection case indicting former President Yoon Suk-yeol on charges of leading an insurrection and seeking the death penalty at trial, it expects the judiciary to deliver a ruling that aligns with public expectations in accordance with the law and principles.
At a hearing held that day before the Seoul Central District Court Criminal Division 25 (Chief Judge Jee Kui-youn), the special counsel investigating the insurrection case asked the bench to impose the maximum sentence allowed by law, the death penalty, on the former president, calling it "a grave destruction of the Constitution by anti-state forces, unprecedented in constitutional history, including the storming of the National Assembly and the National Election Commission and attempts to cut power and water to media companies."
It is the first time in about 30 years since former President Chun Doo-hwan that a death sentence has been sought against a former president.