The late Moon Cheol-tae, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for fabricating espionage charges by the National Security Planning Agency during the Chun Doo-hwan regime, was acquitted in a retrial held 41 years later. On the 10th, the 13th Criminal Division of the Gwangju District Court (Presiding Judge Lee Jeong-ho) acquitted Mr. Moon in the retrial regarding charges of violating the Anti-Communist Act and the National Security Act. Mr. Moon …
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The late Moon Cheol-tae, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for fabricating espionage charges by the National Security Planning Agency during the Chun Doo-hwan regime, was acquitted in a retrial held 41 years later. On the 10th, the 13th Criminal Division of the Gwangju District Court (Presiding Judge Lee Jeong-ho) acquitted Mr. Moon in the retrial regarding charges of violating the Anti-Communist Act and the National Security Act. Mr. Moon …