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Recently, a court judgment has come out demanding that the state pay compensation of 1.86 billion won to Yoon Seong-yeo, who was accused of being the real culprit of the murders committed by serial killer Lee Chun-jae and served an unfair prison sentence for 20 years.

The Ministry of Justice acknowledged the state's responsibility and announced that it would give up its appeal against the ruling.



This is reporter Han So-hee.



<Reporter> Yun Seong-



yeo was imprisoned for 20 years as the culprit of the 8th serial murder of Lee Chun-jae.



Yoon, who was acquitted in a retrial the following year after the confession of the real criminal Lee Chun-jae in 2019, filed a lawsuit against the state for damages, and the first trial court last month found that the state paid Yun 1.86 billion won and three brothers and sisters of Mr. Yoon. It was also ordered to pay 100 million won each.



The Justice Department has said it will not appeal the ruling.



The Ministry of Justice said, "We considered the circumstances in which the illegality was very serious, such as the fact that there were anti-human rights acts such as illegal detention and harsh treatment, and that the victim suffered social isolation and cold treatment while being framed."



In addition, he announced that he would not appeal the ruling of the state compensation for the survivors of the victims of the disappearance of Hwaseong Elementary School, which Lee Chun-jae confessed to the murder case he committed.



The Ministry of Justice explained the reason for abandoning the appeal, saying, "We took into account the circumstances in which the bereaved families could not even confirm whether the victim died for about 30 years due to the intentional illegal actions of the police officers in charge, and were deprived of the opportunity to mourn and commemorate the body without even recovering the body." .



Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon said, "As the head of the legal administration, I sincerely and deeply apologize to the victims and their families who have suffered for a long time."



Since the Ministry of Justice gave up the appeal, the judgment will be finalized if the plaintiff victim does not appeal.