Appeals court upholds 3-yr prison term for ex-commander in 2023 Marine death case
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Yonhap) -- An appellate court on Friday upheld a three-year priso...
The Seoul High Court has maintained the three-year prison sentence for former Marine commander Lim Seong-geun in a case involving the death of a 20-year-old Marine during a search mission in 2023. The court upheld the lower court's ruling of occupational negligence resulting in death, convicting Lim of failing to consider on-site conditions during the operation.
The special counsel team had requested a five-year sentence for Lim, who was accused of ordering aggressive search efforts without proper safety guidelines or protective equipment. Other defendants' sentences were also upheld, including Park Sang-hyun, former head of the 7th Marine Brigade, who received an 18-month prison term. Chae Su-geun's death in a swollen stream sparked public outrage, with allegations of a presidential administration attempting to cover up a military investigation into the incident.
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