【After sentencing Yoon Suk-yeol, the new rift in South Korea is inevitable】On the 19th, the South Korean court announced that Yoon Suk-yeol was found guilty of the "crime of inciting rebellion," and was sentenced to life imprisonment in the first instance.

The court believed that Yoon intended to mobilize the military to block the National Assembly building, arrest key political figures, and carry out acts that subverted the constitutional order.

Former Minister of Defense Kim Yong-hyun, who was suspected of carrying out important tasks related to the rebellion, was sentenced to 30 years in prison.

At Seoul Central District Court, a large number of Yoon supporters and opponents confronted each other, and police deployed over 1,000 officers to maintain security.

South Korea implements a three-tier trial system. Yoon Suk-yeol still has two more trials, which may allow him to "survive."

The Special Prosecution Team had previously requested the death penalty for Yoon. Although life imprisonment is not the harshest sentence compared to the death penalty, it can be seen from today's confrontation outside the courtroom that the pro-Yoon faction is far from giving up.

Although the judge "won favor" by imposing a life sentence as a compromise, Yoon's legal team did not accept this, believing that the verdict was completely invalid, even illegal.

The conservative camp will not allow the prosecution and judicial authorities to suppress President Yoon, and they will fight for the face of the conservative camp, even if it means sacrificing their own interests.

On the other hand, the prosecution believes that the defendant's methods were brutal and showed no remorse, and should be "severely punished." The life sentence is far from meeting their sentencing requirements for the death penalty, and they will certainly appeal.

The verdict was delivered, and President Yoon became the third former president in 30 years, after Chun Doo-hwan and Roh Tae-woo, to be sentenced for the crime of inciting rebellion.

This moderate life sentence could hardly soothe anyone, and a hard-fought battle is inevitable.

Yoon Suk-yeol listened to the trial with a blank expression, perhaps he could feel that he still had the energy to further divide society.

Original article: toutiao.com/article/1857542048151555/

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