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Ex-president Chun given suspended jail term in libel case
Posted : 2020-11-30 16:48
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One of the protestors against former South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan displays a skit where he poses as imprisoned Chun in front of the Gwangju District Court on Monday. Yonhap
One of the protestors against former South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan displays a skit where he poses as imprisoned Chun in front of the Gwangju District Court on Monday. Yonhap

One of the protestors against former South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan displays a skit where he poses as imprisoned Chun in front of the Gwangju District Court on Monday. Yonhap
Chun leaves the Gwangju District Court after receiving a suspended jail term on Monday on charge of defaming a late democratic activist. Yonhap
A court here on Monday gave out a suspended jail term to former President Chun Doo-hwan for defaming a late democratic activist in a historically important libel case.

The Gwangju District Court sentenced him to eight months in prison, suspending it for two years, after finding Chun guilty of defaming priest Cho Pius, who had testified to witnessing the military shootings at citizens from helicopters during the 1980 Gwangju Uprising against the authoritarian government led by Chun.

"Given the appraisal by the National Forensic Service, there is reasonable ground to believe that there were shootings from helicopters on May 21, 1980," the court said, rejecting Chun's consistent claims to the contrary.

The court also said the biggest responsibility for the brutal crackdown fell on Chun, adding that he should sincerely apologize for the suffering and pain he caused.

The 89-year-old was indicted in May 2018 for allegedly making slanderous statements toward Cho for making eyewitness accounts of the brutal crackdown in his controversial memoir published in 2017.

Scars open ahead of court ruling
Scars open ahead of court ruling
2019-01-09 17:02  |  Politics

One of the protestors against former South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan displays a skit where he poses as imprisoned Chun in front of the Gwangju District Court on Monday. Yonhap
A poster held by one of the protestors against Chun in front of the Gwangju District Court on Monday portrays the former president and demands he "apologize to those who died in May," referring to the month when the May 18 Gwangju Uprising erupted in 1980. Yonhap

In the book, Chun refuted earlier claims made by the priest, who had testified to witnessing the aerial shootings against Gwangju citizens. Chun has insisted that Cho lied, calling him a "shameless liar"

As the crime of defaming the dead can be only acknowledged when it is proved that his or her honor is harmed with falsehood, Chun's conviction practically means that the court concluded that Chun had knowingly denied there were shootings from helicopters.

During his sentencing hearing, Chun, who is said to be suffering from Alzheimer's disease, was seen nodding off from time to time. Before he made a four-hour drive down to Gwangju, about 330 kilometers south of Seoul, to attend the trial in the morning, he was seen angrily shouting back at the activists gathered in front of his house in Seoul to demand he be held accountable for the brutal crackdown two decades ago.

Chun's troops ruthlessly cracked down on the nine-day uprising which started on May 18, 1980, leaving more than 200 people dead and 1,800 others wounded, according to conservative official data. (Yonhap)



 
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