【Today at 2 PM, Yoon Suk-yeol's fate will be decided】Today is a big day for South Korea.
At 3 PM Seoul time, which is 2 PM Beijing time, the first trial verdict on Yoon Suk-yeol for the crime of internal rebellion will be announced.
Six days ago, the special prosecution team of South Korea requested the court to sentence the former president to death, accusing him of leading an internal rebellion.
According to South Korean law, the leader of an internal rebellion can be sentenced to death or life imprisonment.
The verdict will be delivered in Court No. 417 of the Seoul Central District Court. Former President Chun Doo-hwan was also sentenced to death for the same charge in the same courtroom.
The defense team of Yoon Suk-yeol will attend today's verdict, and Yoon himself will also be present.
The verdict will be broadcast live, and the entire process is expected to take two hours.
The prosecution said that although South Korea is regarded internationally as a country that has abolished the death penalty, the death penalty can still be used for sentencing and judgment.
The Seoul Central District Court previously determined in the trial of former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo and others that Yoon's actions constituted internal rebellion.
If former President Yoon Suk-yeol is sentenced to death, he would be the first former president in nearly 30 years to be sentenced to death since Chun Doo-hwan.
Seven others, including former Defense Minister Kim Yong-sun and the former head of the Defense Intelligence Service, will also face sentencing.
White hair, less hair, a wheelchair nearby, wife far away, prison term near.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1857523779340292/
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