Sangcheol’s Legal Journal : YouLaw Insights

🗓️ Trial Overview Date: June 23, 2025, 10:15 AM Location: Criminal Division 25, Seoul Central District Court (Judge Ji Gu-yeon presiding) Defendant: Former President Yoon Suk-yeol Special Prosecutor Appearance: Cho Eun-seok’s team, represented in court by Deputy Counsel Park Eok-soo Witnesses: Maj. Gen. Lee Jae-sik (Joint Chiefs of Staff, Crisis Readiness Inspector, Chief of Martial Law Secretariat) Col. Kwon Young-hwan (Former Head of Martial Law Division, JCS) 🔍 Key Issues and Proceedings 1. Special Counsel Assumes Prosecutorial Role This hearing marked the debut of the newly formed Special Counsel team, formally taking over public prosecution duties from the original prosecutors. Deputy Counsel Park sat in the lead prosecutor’s seat and requested expedited proceedings, citing the impending expiration of detention for some defendants. 2. Defense Claims Unconstitutional Abuse of Power Yoon’s legal team (Attorneys Wi Hyun-seok, Bae Bo-yoon) argued...

🔍 Trial Overview Date : Monday, May 19, 2025 – 10:15 AM Courtroom : Criminal Division 25, Seoul Central District Court (Presiding Judge: JI Gui-yeon) Participants : Defendant: Yoon Suk-yeol, former President of South Korea Witnesses: Brigadier General Park Jeong-hwan (Chief of Staff, Army Special Warfare Command) Brigadier General Lee Sang-hyun (Commander, 1st Airborne Brigade) (Scheduled, not examined on this date) 🧾 Main Proceedings ✅ A. Continued Testimony by Brigadier General Park Jeong-hwan Described real-time observation of Gen. Gwak Jong-geun (former Commander of the Special Warfare Command) taking a call from a superior and replying, “We’ll break the door and go in.” Ordered troops to secure the National Assembly , following repeated urgent calls even after deployment had begun. Helicopter insertion began at 11:08 PM on Dec 3, 2024. Orders such as “Break the windows,” “Pull the lawmakers out,” “Stop the vote” were conveyed by Gen....