▲ Former President Yoon Suk Yeol (Pool photo) (Yonhap)

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(LEAD) Special counsel seeks 10-year prison term for ex-President Yoon in obstruction of justice appeals trial

(ATTN: UPDATES with sentencing recommendation; CHANGES headline)

By Lee Haye-ah

SEOUL, April 6 (Yonhap) -- A special counsel team on Monday demanded a 10-year prison term for former President Yoon Suk Yeol during the appeals trial of his obstruction of justice case stemming from his 2024 imposition of martial law.

Special counsel Cho Eun-suk's team sought the sentence at the final hearing at the Seoul High Court, double the five-year term handed down by a lower court in January.

Yoon was convicted by the lower court of obstructing investigators from detaining him last year and calling only select Cabinet members to a meeting to review his martial law plan.

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