[전국]Welcoming the approval of the Act of May 3, 18 …

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Some amendments to the Special Law for the 18 de Mayo Democratizing Movement have been approved by the National Assembly.

The prosecution of crimes against humanity has been expanded and a path has been opened to sanction distortion 5 · 18.

The May organizations and others welcomed everyone at once, hoping that the search for the real truth would be accelerated, such as the first dismissal order.

Reporter Kim Bum-hwan reports.

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Man Ji Won, who has claimed that North Korean special forces intervened during the Democratization Movement of May 18 in 1980,

In the future, if you lie around 5 · 18 like Mr. Ji, you could be jailed for up to 5 years or fined up to 50 million won.

This is because the Historical Distortion Penalty Law 5 · 18 was approved by the National Assembly.

[이형석 / 5·18 역사왜곡처벌법 대표 발의 의원 : 더 이상 광주의 아픔, 5·18의 아픔에 상처를 덧내는 일은 그만큼 없어질 것이다. 그리고 또 이게 궁극적으로는 우리 대한민국 국민의 화합과 현대사에 대한 새로운 정의를 만들어가는 데 필요한 법안이 될 것으로 기대합니다.]

With the revision of the special law, the statute of prosecution for crimes against humanity is expanded and the term and scope of fact-finding investigations is extended.

In addition, it contains the contents of the recognition and support of the three organizations in May, such as the Association of Survivors and the association of detained and injured, as public law bodies.

[김이종 / 5·18 민주화운동 부상자회장 : 역사왜곡처벌법’ 등 5·18 관련 3법의 국회 통과를 환영한다. 2020년 12월 9일은 5·18의 역사에서 또 다른 의미에서 특별한 날로 기억될 것이다.]

However, in the case of deceased and unmarried persons of merit who do not have direct relatives, the request to recognize one of the brothers and sisters as a survivor was omitted.

[조진태 / 5·18 기념재단 사무처장 : 우리는 온전한 진상규명이 이뤄질 수 있도록 최선을 다해 협력해 나갈 것이다. 유공자·유족의 오랜 숙원이었던 공법단체 설립 역시 신속하게 준비를 마쳐 국민에게 신뢰받는 오월 단체로 거듭날 것이다.]

The revised bill of the Compensation Law to improve the treatment of merits and survivors, which were found to be inadequate, is pending in Plenary.

The Democratization Movement of May 18, which was recognized as a helicopter fire threat by martial law forces through a recent trial of Chun Doo-Hwan to smear the lion.

It is the 5 18 Freedom Park where the old Sangmudae Yeongchang has moved. May’s organization and the citizens of Gwangju eagerly hope that the passage of this special amendment to the law will cleanse the painful wounds of the past and serve as an opportunity for people to communicate.

YTN Kim Bum-hwan[[email protected]]it is.

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