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South Korea's Yoon Sentenced to 5 Years Relating to Martial Law Declaration

South Korea's Yoon Sentenced to 5 Years forRelating to Martial Law Declaration

Was Yoon's prosecution a politically motivated witch hunt with fabricated evidence, or necessary accountability for crimes?
South Korea's Yoon Sentenced to 5 Years Relating to Martial Law Declaration
Above: Yoon Suk Yeol (C) arrives at a court to attend a hearing in Seoul on July 9, 2025. Image credit: Kim Hong-Ji/Pool/AFP/Getty Images

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The Corruption Investigation Office fabricated evidence to justify Yoon's arrest by forcing the 55th Guard Unit commander to hand over his official seal and stamping documents themselves without proper authorization. This amounts to abuse of power and to the forgery of official documents, proving that the investigation was illegitimate from the start. The CIO lacked legal authority to investigate insurrection charges, making the entire prosecution a politically motivated witch hunt rather than legitimate law enforcement.

Yoon's five-year sentence for resisting arrest and fabricating martial law documents signifies necessary accountability for a president who privatized state institutions and showed zero remorse for his crimes. The court correctly found that Yoon bypassed constitutional safeguards, ordered armed guards to intimidate investigators and systematically destroyed evidence to conceal his wrongdoing. Restoring the rule of law demands severe punishment for this unprecedented betrayal of public trust.


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