Former President Yoon Suk Yeol sits in the defendant's dock at Seoul Central District Court in Seocho-gu, Seoul, during a first-instance sentencing hearing on charges including obstruction of special official duties, inducement to harbor a criminal and abuse of authority, on Jan. 16. [Seoul Central District Court]
Former President Yoon Suk Yeol sits in the defendant's dock at Seoul Central District Court in Seocho-gu, Seoul, during a first-instance sentencing hearing on charges including obstruction of special official duties, inducement to harbor a criminal and abuse of authority, on Jan. 16. [Seoul Central District Court]

A court sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to one year and six months in prison, suspended for three years, in a first-instance ruling on false statements made during the 20th presidential election. If the ruling is upheld, the People Power Party will be required to return 39.7 billion won ($27.1 million).


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