The Korea Times
An appeals court is set to hold the final hearing Monday of former President Yoon Suk Yeol's trial on obstruction of justice and other charges stemming from his brief imposition of martial law. The hearing is scheduled to begin at the Seoul High Court at 2 p.m., wrapping up proceedings that began after both Yoon and special counsel Cho Eun-suk's team appealed a lower court's sentence of five years in prison. Yoon was convicted in January of obstructing investigators from detaining him last year and calling only select Cabinet members to a meeting to review his martial law plan. He was also found guilty of creating and then discarding a false proclamation after the martial law decree was lifted but acquitted of charges that he ordered the distribution of false press statements. During Monday's session, the bench is expected to complete an evidence examination and hear the sentencing recommendation and final opinions of the special counsel team, as well as the final arguments of Yoon's lawyers and Yoon's own final statement. The court is expected to deliver its ruling before the end of June
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