Key facts
- The Supreme Court will issue a verdict on July 9 concerning former President Yoon Suk Yeol's obstruction of justice charges.
- The charges stem from an alleged order to block investigators from detaining him after his 2024 martial law declaration.
- Yoon faces additional charges including violating Cabinet members' rights and falsifying public documents.
- An appeals court previously sentenced Yoon to seven years in prison for these offenses.
- A separate trial for leading an insurrection through the martial law bid is still ongoing.
The Supreme Court is scheduled to deliver its verdict on July 9 regarding charges that former President Yoon Suk Yeol obstructed justice. The case is linked to his alleged actions following a failed martial law bid in 2024. Legal sources indicated the sentencing hearing will take place at 2 p.m. next Thursday.
Yoon is accused of ordering his bodyguards to prevent investigators from executing a warrant to detain him in January 2025. He also faces charges for violating the rights of nine Cabinet members by not convening a meeting to discuss his martial law plan, falsifying public documents to conceal procedural flaws, and discarding the proclamation document.
In April, an appeals court found Yoon guilty and sentenced him to seven years in prison, an increase from the lower court's ruling but less than the 10 years recommended by a special counsel. Yoon's primary trial concerning charges of leading an insurrection through the martial law declaration is still proceeding at an appellate court, where he was initially sentenced to life in prison.