The insurrection and treason special counsel team asked the court to sentence former 3rd Army Command provost marshal Col. Kim Yong-gun, indicted on charges of engaging in essential duties in an insurrection in connection with the Dec. 3 martial law, to 10 years in prison.
At a sentencing hearing held on the 13th before the Seoul Central District Court Criminal Division 25, presided over by Director General Jee Kui-youn, the special counsel team sought a 10-year prison term for former Col. Kim. On the same day, it sought the death penalty for former President Yoon Suk-yeol, who was tried together.
Kim is accused of meeting on Dec. 3 last year, the day the emergency martial law was declared, at a hamburger shop in Ansan, Gyeonggi, with former intelligence commander Noh Sang-won, the Gu-samhwe Army 2nd Armored Brigade commander, and Bang Jeong-hwan, Ministry of National Defense Transition of Wartime Operational Control TF Head of Team, among others, to discuss former Commander Noh's private organization, the "2nd Investigation Unit."