Presiding Judge Jee Kui-youn reads the verdict at the first-trial sentencing hearing in the case charging former President Yoon Suk-yeol as the ringleader of insurrection over the December 3 martial law order at the Seoul Central District Court in Seocho-gu, Seoul, on the afternoon of the 19th. /Courtesy of Seoul Central District Court

The Seoul Central District Court Criminal Agreement Division 25 (presiding judge Jee Kui-youn) opened the sentencing hearing at 3 p.m. on the 19th on former President Yoon Suk-yeol's charge as leader of insurrection.

The court found that, in connection with former President Yoon's proclamation of the Dec. 3 emergency martial law, "even if serving as president, it falls within the scope of investigation."

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