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South Korea: ROK special counsel seeks 10-year prison sentence for ex-president Yoon on charges of arrest obstruction: media

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Shotlist FILE: Seoul, ROK - April 14, 2025 1. Building of Seoul Central District Court 2. Sign showing "Seoul Central District Court" (C) 3. People walking past entrance FILE: Gwacheon, ROK - Jan 15, 2025 4. Exterior of Corruption Investigation Office (CIO) headquarters, press 5. Police vehicles, officers, crowd gathering at CIO headquarters entrance FILE: Seoul, ROK - March 2025 6. Various of constitutional court of Korea building FILE: Seoul, ROK - Dec 6, 2024 7. Building of ROK's National Assembly FILE: Seoul, ROK - 2025 8. Various of national flags of ROK, flag of ROK government FILE: Seoul, ROK - March 2025 9. Various of traffic, pedestrians at Gwanghwamun Square; statue of Sejong Daewang FILE: Seoul, ROK - Date Unknown 10. Various of traffic, pedestrians 11. Aerial shots of city view Storyline A special counsel of the Republic of Korea (ROK) sought a 10-year prison sentence for former impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol on charges including obstructing attempts to arrest him, multiple local media said Friday. The independent counsel, Cho Eun-suk, who led investigations into Yoon's insurrection and other charges, demanded the 10-year prison term on charges including mobilizing the presidential security service to obstruct the execution of an arrest warrant by the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) in January. The CIO's attempt to arrest Yoon was thwarted once as the presidential security service used human shields and bus barricades to prevent investigators from entering the presidential residence. The criminal division of the Seoul Central District Court hearing the case of Yoon's obstruction of special public duties planned to deliver its ruling on Jan 16 next year. The court had reviewed charges such as Yoon's arrest obstruction, his order to delete encrypted phone records and the spread of false public announcements related to martial law. The constitutional court upheld Yoon's impeachment on April 4 over his botched martial law bid last December, officially removing him from office. [Restrictions: No access Chinese mainland]

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