Former Commissioner General Cho Ji-ho of the Korean National Police Agency. /Courtesy of Yonhap News

Former Commissioner General Jo Ji-ho was sentenced to 12 years in prison in the first trial on charges of engaging in important duties related to insurrection in connection with the Dec. 3 emergency martial law. Former Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency Commissioner General Kim Bong-sik was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

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