The special counsel on insurrection filed an appeal against the first trial ruling in the case over obstructing the execution of an arrest warrant for former President Yoon Suk-yeol, who was sentenced to five years in prison.
On the 22nd, the special counsel said in a media notice, "Regarding the first trial ruling in the case including obstruction of the execution of an arrest warrant for defendant former President Yoon Suk-yeol, we filed an appeal over the acquittals and the sentence." Earlier, at the sentencing hearing, the special counsel had sought 10 years in prison for Yoon.
On the 16th, the first trial court sentenced Yoon, who was indicted on charges including obstructing the performance of special official duties, to five years in prison.
The first trial court found Yoon guilty of obstructing investigators from executing an arrest warrant, infringing on the deliberation rights of seven Cabinet members regarding emergency martial law, ordering the deletion of secure phone call logs, and drafting false official documents related to the post hoc proclamation of martial law. It found not guilty only on charges of issuing false statements to foreign media and exercising the post hoc martial law proclamation.
Yoon's defense team filed a notice of appeal with the court on the 19th. The defense argued, "The court constructed its reasoning on the premise of the special counsel's predetermined conclusion."