Former President Chun Doo-hwan filed a lawsuit against a broadcaster who reported that Gwangju ordered a killing during the May 18 Democratization Movement for political information.
The Civil Affairs Division of the Seoul High Court recently ruled that the former president lost the plaintiff in a lawsuit against a broadcasting company for political information.
Previously, in 2019, when the broadcaster reported several times the testimony of a person concerned that the former president had ordered the martial law to kill in Gwangju in May 1980, the former president sued, "The honor was damaged by timely false information. I made it.
However, the first trial court dismissed the plaintiff's claim, saying that the content of the article only dealt with'opinions', not'facts'.
"Even if the facts are indicated, it is not enough to admit that the evidence submitted by the plaintiff is false." The facts are being investigated.”
The Appeals Tribunal also rejected the former president's appeal, saying, "The facts and judgment of the first trial are justified.
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