Ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol speaks during his hearing session for his trial at the Seoul High Court in southern Seoul on March 5. [SEOUL CENTRAL DISTRICT COURT]
A Seoul court on Thursday acquitted former President Yoon Suk Yeol of perjury, rejecting prosecutors' argument that he had lied at his former prime minister's insurrection trial about when he decided to convene a Cabinet meeting on the night that he declared martial law.
The Seoul Central District Court's 32nd Criminal Division delivered the verdict on Thursday morning. Special prosecutors, who are investigating the insurrection, had sought a two-year prison term.
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“It appears highly likely that the defendant had planned to convene Cabinet members from the start, regardless of former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo's suggestion,” the court said, finding that “it is difficult to view Yoon's courtroom statement as being contrary to his actual memory.”
