<Anchor> The
late So-seon Lee, who spent the rest of her life as the mother of all workers after leaving her son, Martyr Jeon Tae-il, was acquitted today (21st). In the past, a military court had sentenced him to imprisonment, but the court ruled again that it was a legitimate act under the Constitution for the first time in 41 years.
Reporter Suwon-wook will tell you.
<Reporter> The
late So-seon Lee, who was called the mother of the martyr Jeon Tae-il and the godmother of the labor movement, testified about the miserable lives of the workers at a demonstration held at the Korea University library in May 1980. He was arrested on the charge of shouting.
[Jeon Soon-ok / Jeon Tae-il Martyr’s Sister: Just before 4 am, I always just came in with a gun in the air. martial law soldiers. When you enter the room, you open the door to the house and open all the doors... .] The
military court sentenced him to one year in prison for violating the martial law, and in September 2011, Ms. Lee closed her eyes with the conviction buried in her chest.
In April of last year, 10 years after that, the prosecution requested a retrial ex officio, and the court acquitted him today.
It has been 41 years since the sentencing during the new military service.
Prosecutors pleaded not guilty to Ms. Lee, saying, "What Chun Doo-hwan committed after the 12/12 military uprising was a crime that destroyed constitutional order." It is an act, so it is not a crime.”
[Jeon Tae-sam / Jeon Tae-il martyr brother: The whole nation remembers and records the past history without forgetting it, and handing it over to the future young people in this country as a legacy…
.] The
Jeon Tae-il Foundation said, "It is late, but welcome" and said, "I hope that the judicial authorities will apologize in the name of the country to all Jeon Tae-il and Lee So-sun in this land."
(Video coverage: Yang Hyun-cheol, video editing: Hwang Ji-young, VJ: Kim Jong-gap)