The Supreme Court Declares An Escort Guard of the May 18th

The conscience of the Judicature has gone down to the ground. The judgement capability of judiciary authorities has been paralyzed. The Article 2 of Civil Procedure Code and Article 4 of Criminal Procedure Code stipulate that Jon Doo-Hwan should be on trial at Seoul District Court. But Gwangju Court drew in all the civil and criminal actions against Jon Doo-Hwan to put on a trial in their court. Gwangju Court and Gwangju Prosecutors Office are saying unreasonable logic that, because the sufferers are residing in Gwangju, Jon Doo-Hwan should come to Gwangju to be on trial. Jon Doo-Hwan made an appeal to the Supreme Court saying that it was unreasonable. But to my great surprise, the Supreme Court surrendered to the Old Prestige Medal. It was evidently proven that the Old Prestige Medal of the May 18th has been wielding omnipotent power in this country. If so, the Article 2 of Civil Procedure Code and Article 4 of Criminal Procedure Code shall have to be abrogated or amended. Together with it, the Article 15 of Criminal Procedure Code stipulating “any regional court susceptible to regional sentments should not exercise jurisdiction over that particular case” should me abrogated. Why does a provision that were made to be no good anywhere have to have a place in the Article 15?

In a judicial dispute on the May 18th, regional sentiments and ideological emotion have to be intervened deeply. All the nation can not deny it. But only judges of Gwangju Court and judges from Gwangju city and Jonnam province are insisting on their own way out of all reason. There are many reasons secured so far why Gwangju judges should not take charge of the May 18th cases. There are many judicial instances which adopted fraud assertions made by lawsuit swindlers like Shim Bok-Rye, Kim Jin-Soon and Park Nam-Sun, etc.. These decisions are not judgement but reckless unreasonableness. That‘s why suer’s rights to challenge regional court in connection with the cases that are susceptible to regional sentiments is stipulated in Article 15 of Criminal Procedure Code. But, in addition to the judges of Gwangju Court, the Supreme Court judges backed them up to decide that, “Jon Doo-Hwan shall have to be on trial at Gwangju”. It is not courteous manner for an old man of 90 years old suffering senile infirmity, and is a cruel violation against human rights, the universal value of mankind. If the contents of the lawsuit is honorable, why should they draw the case in Gwangju Court to put on a trial in spite of others‘ disdainful eyes? The National Assembly Members of Liberty Korea Party shall have to call this matter in question. The legislative body should question closely on the fact that the judicature of entire courts is violating the Article 4 and 15 of Criminal Procedure Code and Article 2 of Civil Procedure Code.

There will be no one of Korean national who would not think regional sentiments and ideological emotion affect the subject of the May 18th. The judges of Gwangju Court are also offspring of Gwangju city and Jonra province. They are no fair God. They can be slaves to ideological and regional sentiments. General acceptability is the life of judge‘s judgement. But which people can consent to the nonsense that Gwangju Court draw in all the cases concerned with the May 18th to put on trial in their court. How many of the nation will think Gwangju Court can make fair and objective judgement on the May 18th?

Below is Dong-A Daily News Report on November 30. (Translation)

Jon Doo-Hwan was finally made to be on trial at Gwangju Court, who were already transferred to a trial on a charge of defamation of the late Father Cho Bi-Oh who previously testified to the ‘helicopter shooting’ at the time of the May 18th. Regarding the second appeal made by former President Jon Doo-Hwan against Gwangju High Court‘s rejection decision on the appeal of Jurisdiction transference that he previously made, the 1st Department (chief judge Kwon Soon-Il) of the Supreme Court said on 30th that it decided to turn down the appeal on 29th as originally decided. The former President Jon Doo-Hwan was indicated on a charge of defamation of the deceased by describing the late Father Cho Bi-Oh as ’a Satan wearing a mask‘, ’a shameless liar‘ in his reminiscent book issued in April last year. Father Cho previously testified that he had witnessed helicopter shooting at the time of the May 18th pro-democracy movement. Jon Doo-Hwan didn’t appeared in the trial held in last August with the reason that he was diagnosed as Alzheimer, and the Court issued even a summons asking him to attend the trial. But the former President Jon made an appeal to Gwangju High Court to transfer jurisdiction on last September 21. But the 1st Criminal Department (Department Judge Choi Soo-Hwan) of Gwangju High Court rejected the appeal on 2nd October with a decision that, “when considering only the causes that the former President Jon pleaded and the data shown on records, it is hard to see that there exist objective circumstances in Gwangju Court which make it difficult to keep fairness of the trial as regulated in the Criminal Procedure Code”.