Former National Assembly Guard Commander Mok Hyun-tae /Courtesy of News1

At a sentencing hearing held on Jan. 13 before the Seoul Central District Court's Criminal Agreement Division 25, presided over by Chief Judge Jee Kui-youn, the special counsel team asked the court to sentence former Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency National Assembly Guard Chief Mok Hyun-tae to 12 years in prison on charges of engaging in an important mission in an insurrection.

Mok, the former National Assembly Guard chief, is accused of failing to block the entry of martial law troops into the National Assembly and restricting lawmakers' access when martial law was declared on Dec. 3, 2024.

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