Courthouse rioter given 1-year prison term
Published: 28 May. 2025, 15:42
![A member of a conservative group holds up a Korean flag toward a transport bus at the Seoul Western District Court in Mapo District, western Seoul, on May 10. [YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2025/05/28/7d13c8b8-2943-4fdd-9cdc-628f56c3eec8.jpg)
A member of a conservative group holds up a Korean flag toward a transport bus at the Seoul Western District Court in Mapo District, western Seoul, on May 10. [YONHAP]
A man in his 40s was sentenced to one year in prison Wednesday on charges of violence during a courthouse riot related to former President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment in January.
The Seoul Western District Court handed down the sentence to the 41-year-old man, surnamed Cho, for trespassing at the same court building and breaking its windows during the riot on Jan. 19.
A total of 63 people have been indicted in connection with the riot, which was prompted by the court's decision to extend Yoon's detention over his Dec. 3 declaration of martial law.
The same court also sentenced a 37-year-old man, surnamed Park, to a one-year imprisonment, suspended for two years, on charges of assaulting a reporter of broadcaster MBC during the riot.
The prosecution earlier demanded two years in prison for both Cho and Park.
Yonhap
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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