Former President Chun Doo Hwan (87), who was indicted on charges of defamation of the victims of the May 18 Democratization Movement, applied for the jurisdiction of the court, but was finally dismissed by the Supreme Court.

On June 29, the Supreme Court issued a decision to dismiss the application as it did during the retaliation against the decision to dismiss the pre-jurisdiction of the former Gwangju High Court on June 29.

He was indicted on charges of libel defamation, claiming that the testimony of late Lieutenant Zobio, who had witnessed a helicopter shot through a memoir he wrote last April, was false.

After he was handed over to trial in May, he applied for transfer to the court, saying, "I can not go to Gwangju with my old age."

Since then, we have applied for another two more times due to the review of documents, etc. The first trial was held on August 27th.

However, at the first trial, he did not attend due to the diagnosis of Alzheimer's.

However, the first criminal justice department of Gwangju High Court (Chief Justice Choi Suhwan) said on June 2, "It is difficult to say that there is an objective situation in the Gwangju District Law, "I dismissed the application.

The Supreme Court also ruled that the Gwangju High Court's judgment was correct.

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