SEOUL: Five former senior South Korean military officers were jailed for up to 18 years on Monday (Sep 21) for their roles in the country’s short-lived martial law declaration of 2024.
Ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law in December that year, ordering special forces and helicopters to parliament in an unsuccessful bid to prevent MPs from voting down the move.
He also sent armed soldiers to the country’s election commission to hunt for purported evidence of voter fraud.
According to a court statement on Monday, former Defence Counterintelligence Command chief Yeo In-hyung was sentenced to 18 years in prison, while Lee Jin-woo…
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