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Former President Chun Doo-hwan, accused of defaming the dead of the late Father Jobio, who testified of the “5 · 18 helicopter shooting”, was jailed for two years in August in a first trial in Gwangju District Court. on the afternoon of the 30th. He was sentenced. After the trial, the former president leaves the court with his wife, Lee Soon-ja. [연합뉴스]
Former President Chun Doo-hwan was sentenced after criticizing the late Father Jobio, who claimed that “martial law forces fired helicopters at Gwangju citizens during the May 18 Democratization Movement in Gwangju” as “a disgraceful liar. “. In his memoirs of the 30th, Judge Kim Jeong-hoon, exclusive judge of the Gwangju District Court, sentenced the former president to eight months in prison and two years of probation against the former president, who was accused of criticizing Father Cho for content other than the facts.
1Inquisition sentenced to August, 2 years of probation
Tried for the veracity of the testimony of the late Father Jovio
Presented as the basis for the Noodles testimony
Judgment “Look at yourself and apologize”
The judge said: “It is fully clarified that there were shots fired by 500MD (attack type) helicopters and UH-1H (transport) helicopters respectively in the center of Gwangju on May 21 and 27, 1980.” According to the summary of the actions of the accused during the period, it was possible to recognize that there was a helicopter fire, although it was not written. The day’s ruling was presented as the main rationale for the National Institute for Scientific Research’s ‘Tanheum Assessment of the Jeonil Building’. In 2017, Gukkosu published an official report that said: “The result of a downward shot from a helicopter”, related to the hundreds of bullet marks that occurred on the 10th floor of the Jeonil building, Geumnam-ro, Dong-gu, Gwangju, on the site of May 18, 2017. The following year, the Special Investigation Commission 5 · 18 of the Ministry of National Defense announced the results of an investigation that claimed that “there was a helicopter fire”.
The statements of soldiers and witnesses were also taken as important evidence. The judges evaluated the statements of 8 of the 16 direct witnesses (including 2 deaths) of helicopter fire, excluding Father Cho, as “sufficiently reliable and the objective context was supported”. The judge said: “The co-pilot of the 500MD helicopter said: ‘I heard a radio communication requesting to fire a threat at Gwangju Park in the prosecution, but the radio communication was cut off when asked who was in charge of the command.’ A statement that 20mm and 7.62mm ammunition was consumed. Also, there is no way to consume ammunition other than to shoot ”.
The judge said: “Fr. Cho has constantly insisted that he witnessed a helicopter fire until his death, although he was not aware of all the military documents related to the helicopter fire. You cannot consistently affirm that you have seen something that you did not witness. “He said:” The attitude of distorting history as the defendant and not repenting of mistakes makes us suffer. The defendant did not reflect or apologize once during the trial, and published a memoir in which he accused the victim to ensure his legitimacy, which is very likely to be accused.
The former president also showed evasion in 10 minutes after the start of the trial on this day. Members of the group in May, calling for severe punishment at the main gate of the Gwangju District Court, heard the news and erupted in anger, saying, “Chun Doo-hwan once again made fun of the citizens of Gwangju.” The court ended the sentence by saying: “I hope the defendant looks back and sincerely apologizes for the sentence.”
In front of the Gwangju District Court on this day, a large number of May 18 organizations and Gwangju citizens gathered in front of the first trial before the trial began, shouting the slogan “Chun Doo-hwan arrested.” In May, organizations and citizens protested, saying, “Be responsible for the May 18 massacre and apologize,” even as the former president attended the Gwangju trial last March and April.
The former president was sentenced to life in prison for civil war and murder for civil war purposes in 1997, but was later released with a special pardon. He had adhered to the position that “at that time, he was only the head of an intelligence agency and had no responsibility.”
Gwangju Metropolitan City = Reporters Jin Chang-il and Kim Jun-hee [email protected]
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