On April 21, the criminal panel of the Seoul Central District Court in South Korea held the second trial for the case where the former president is suspected of inciting an insurrection. The former president appeared in court as the defendant.
On April 21 local time, the criminal panel of the Seoul Central District Court held the second trial for the case where the former president is suspected of inciting an insurrection. This is the scene where the former president appeared in court as the defendant.
On that day, the courtroom scene where the former president sat in the defendant's dock was made public for the first time. Considering factors such as public attention, the public's right to know, and previous cases, the court approved the media to take pictures before the court session through relevant procedures. After that, the trial court asked the media to stop taking pictures and officially started the second trial after the media left the courtroom.
According to reports, during the trial that day, the former president's lawyers had a heated debate with the military witnesses. The witnesses testified that the former president ordered the military to "pull out" members of parliament from the National Assembly on the night when the martial - law order was issued, while the former president's side continuously questioned the credibility of the testimony.
On January 26, the Special Investigation Headquarters for Emergency Martial Law of the South Korean Prosecutor's Office detained and indicted the former president on suspicion of "inciting an insurrection". The former president became the first sitting president to be indicted in South Korea's constitutional history. On April 4, the South Korean Constitutional Court announced the passage of the impeachment of the former president, and the former president was immediately removed from the presidency.
The criminal panel of the Seoul Central District Court held the first trial for the case where the former president is suspected of inciting an insurrection on the 14th of this month. The former president attended the trial in person and denied the prosecution's accusations.