By Lee Kyung-min
It is constitutional to impose a travel ban of up to six months on a suspect due to stand trial, the Constitutional Court said Tuesday.
The court said that the law is necessary for the state to prevent suspects, who are due to stand trial without detention, from fleeing overseas.
It said it is legal not to notify suspects of the ban in advance. “Such people can file an administrative suit later to nullify the ban or seek compensation, and the ban does not infringe on their rights to a fair trial,” it said.
The ruling followed a petition by a man surnamed Kim, who was banned from leaving the country in 2012 while he was on trial for fraud.