Waiting for judgement: Han (centre) arriving at a court for his final hearing on insurrection charges in connection with the country’s martial law crisis at the Seoul Central District Court. — AFP
The government’s special prosecutor is seeking a 15-year jail term for former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on allegations he abetted ex-President Yoon Suk-yeol’s botched bid to impose martial law last December.
Han is expected to be the first former Cabinet member to be handed a ruling by a lower court on criminal charges related to martial law and his case may set the tone for Yoon’s current trial and other rulings that are expected to follow.
