Special counsel seeks 30-yr term for ex-president over N.K. drone incursion

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SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Yonhap) -- A special counsel team on Friday demanded a 30-year prison term for former President Yoon Suk Yeol in his appeals trial over allegations that he ordered drone incursions into North Korea to provoke Pyongyang in an attempt to use potential North Korean provocations to justify his declaration of martial law.

Special counsel Cho Eun-suk's team also sought a 30-year prison term for former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun on charges of benefiting the enemy and abuse of power in the same appeals trial at the Seoul High Court.

The team additionally requested a 20-year prison term for Yeo In-hyung, former commander of the Defense Counterintelligence Command, and a five-year term for Kim Yong-dae, former head of the Drone Operations Command, on the same charges.

Yoon was convicted by a lower court in June and sentenced to 30 years in prison for ordering the Drone Operations Command in October 2024 to send drones to Pyongyang in an attempt to provoke a military clash that could provide a pretext for his declaration of martial law in December that year.

Former Defense Minister Kim was also given a 30-year prison term by the Seoul Central District Court, while Yeo received a 15-year prison term and former Drone Operations Command chief Kim was given a suspended three-year term.

The special counsel team said that the defendants had abused their military command authority and operational control to provoke an armed clash with North Korea and provide a pretext for declaring martial law. It added that the nature of their crimes was more serious than that of insurrection.

Former President Yoon Suk Yeol (L) and former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun (Yonhap)

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首尔，10 月 16 日（韩联社）——一个特别检察官小组周五要求判处前总统尹锡烈 30 年监禁，此前尹锡烈被指控下令无人机入侵朝鲜，以挑衅平壤，并试图利用朝鲜的潜在挑衅行为来为其宣布戒严令辩护。

特别检察官赵银淑的团队也在首尔高等法院的同一上诉审判中，以涉嫌为敌方谋利和滥用职权为由，寻求对前国防部长金容铉判处 30 年监禁。

此外，该团队还要求对国防反情报司令部前司令吕仁亨判处 20 年监禁，对无人机作战司令部前司令金勇大判处 5 年监禁，罪名相同。

尹锡悦于 2024 年 10 月被下级法院判处 30 年有期徒刑，罪名是下令无人机作战司令部向平壤派遣无人机，企图挑起军事冲突，以此作为他在同年 12 月宣布戒严的借口。

前国防部长金某被首尔中央地方法院判处 30 年有期徒刑，吕某被判处 15 年有期徒刑，前无人机作战指挥部部长金某被判处三年缓刑。

特别检察官小组表示，被告滥用其军事指挥权和作战控制权，挑起与朝鲜的武装冲突，并为宣布戒严令提供借口。小组还补充说，他们的罪行性质比叛乱更为严重。

前总统尹锡烈（左）和前国防部长金容铉（韩联社）

特别检察官再次寻求以叛乱罪名判处前总统尹锡悦死刑

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