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BackCourt rejects request to cancel arrest of former 707 Special Forces leader Kim Hyun-tae for 'blockade of National Assembly'
Court rejects request to cancel arrest of former 707 Special Forces leader Kim Hyun-tae for 'blockade of National Assembly'
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Court rejects request to cancel arrest of former 707 Special Forces leader Kim Hyun-tae for 'blockade of National Assembly'

Sentenced to 12 years in prison in the first trial on charges of blocking the National Assembly during the 12/3 martial law period

Hyuntae Kim707th Special Mission Groupmartial law

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  • The Seoul High Court's Criminal Division 12-2 dismissed the request to cancel the arrest of Kim Hyun-tae, former head of the 707th Special Task Force of the Army Special Operations Command, who was sentenced to 12 years in prison in the first trial for participating in the blockade of the National Assembly during the December 3 martial law emergency.
  • This decision follows the dismissal of the bail request last month, and the first appellate hearing is scheduled to be held on the 17th.

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Why It Matters

Former leader Kim Hyun-tae was sentenced to 12 years in prison in the first trial and placed under court custody on charges of entering the National Assembly with unit members and blocking the building during the martial law on December 3. After his request for bail was dismissed last month, he requested cancellation of his arrest, but it was not accepted.

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Following the dismissal of bail request last month, cancellation of arrest was not permitted.

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Bit-na = Kim Hyun-tae, former commander of the 707th Special Mission Group of the Army Special Operations Command (Colonel), who was sentenced to heavy punishment in the first trial for participating in the blockade of the National Assembly during the December 3 martial law emergency, requested that the arrest be canceled, but it was not accepted.

According to the legal community on the 13th, Criminal Division 12-2 of the Seoul High Court (High Court Judges Cho Jin-gu, Kim Min-ah, and Lee Seung-cheol) dismissed the request for cancellation of arrest filed by former director Kim the previous day.

Cancellation of detention is a system in which the court cancels the detention and releases the defendant when there is no reason for the arrest, such as flight or fear of destruction of evidence, or has disappeared.

Former President Yoon Seok-yeol, who was arrested in January last year on charges of being the leader of a rebellion, also had his request for cancellation of arrest accepted by the court and was released for about three months from March to June of that year.

Former team leader Kim Hyun-tae filed a request to the court to cancel his arrest after his bail request was rejected last month.

At the first trial preparation date for the appeals trial held on the 2nd, former director Kim's side repeatedly argued for the need for bail, claiming that there was illegality in the composition of the first trial court.

He also stated that the first trial ruling was fundamentally invalid and that there was no awareness or riot of the purpose of disrupting the national constitution during the time of martial law. An on-site verification was also requested by the National Assembly, but the court expressed its position for further review, questioning the necessity, saying, "The movements and actions at the time can already be confirmed as evidence."

Former leader Kim Hyun-tae was sentenced to 12 years in prison in the first trial and placed under court custody on charges of entering the National Assembly with unit members and blocking it during martial law.

The first appeal hearing is scheduled for the 17th.

What to Watch

AI outlook — possibilities, not facts

  • The first appellate hearing is expected to proceed as scheduled on the 17th.

    Very likely · Within days

Open Questions

  • What issues will be addressed at the first appellate hearing?
  • Specific legal grounds for dismissal of arrest cancellation request
  • Former Director Kim’s additional legal response plan

Related Topics

Hyuntae Kim
PeopleYoon Seok-yeolCho Jin-guMinah Kim
OrganizationsSeoul High Court Criminal Division 12-2Army Special Operations Command 707th Special Mission Group
PlacesSeoulNational Assembly
Topics707th Special Mission Groupmartial lawNational Assembly blockadeCancel RestraintappealSeoul High Court
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