▲ This file composite photo shows (from L to R) former President Yoon Suk Yeol, former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun and Yeo In-hyung, former head of the Defense Counterintelligence Command. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

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(LEAD) Ex-President Yoon sentenced to 30 yrs in prison in drone infiltration case

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SEOUL, June 12 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul court on Friday sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to 30 years in prison on charges of ordering drone infiltrations into North Korea in an attempt to heighten cross-border tensions and create a basis for his martial law declaration in December 2024.

Special counsel Cho Eun-suk's team had demanded a 30-year prison term for Yoon on charges that included benefiting the enemy, accusing him of ordering the flights in October 2024 to provoke Pyongyang and use it as a pretext for his Dec. 3 declaration of martial law.

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