Following former President Yoon Suk-yeol and former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, the court has allowed coverage of the first trial of former Minister of the Interior and Safety Lee Sang-min on charges of participating in insurrection. From start to finish, the proceedings will be filmed by a court camera and released after personal information protection procedures.
On the 15th, the Seoul Central District Court Criminal Agreement Division 32 (Presiding Judge Ryu Kyung-jin) approved coverage of the first hearing date on the charge that the former Minister engaged in important duties related to insurrection.
Earlier, on the 13th, the special counsel for the insurrection case submitted an application to allow coverage of the first hearing in the former Minister's case.
With the court's approval, the former Minister's first trial, set for the 17th, will be filmed from start to finish with the court's video camera and released on the internet after de-identification measures such as removing audio and applying mosaic blurring.
In August, the special counsel indicted the former Minister and sought detention. As the competent Minister for martial law in peacetime, the former Minister is accused of failing to fulfill the duty to prevent the president from arbitrarily declaring martial law, and of relaying former President Yoon's orders to cut off power and water to media outlets to the Korean National Police Agency and the National Fire Agency.