On the 19th, the live broadcast of the verdict hearing for former President Yoon Suk-yeol, who faces charges as a ringleader of insurrection, airs on televisions displayed at an appliance store in Etland in Yongsan, Seoul. /Courtesy of Yonhap News

The Seoul Central District Court Criminal Division 25 (Presiding Judge Jee Kui-youn) opened a sentencing hearing at 3 p.m. on the 19th in the case charging former President Yoon Suk-yeol as the leader of an insurrection.

The court found that the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) can investigate former President Yoon on insurrection charges in connection with the Dec. 3 emergency martial law.

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