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During the Yeosu-Suncheon October 19 Incident, the Suncheon police shot prosecutor Park Chan-gil without trial on charges of serving as the People's Court president, and in a lawsuit filed by the bereaved family, the first trial court ruled that the state should pay 690 million won in compensation.
Ministry of Justice gives up appeal against first trial ruling for compensation of 690 million won
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Hwang Jae-ha = The government's liability for damages to the bereaved family of the late Prosecutor Park Chan-gil, a victim of the Yeosu-Suncheon October 19 Incident (Yeosun Incident), was confirmed.
The Ministry of Justice announced on the 3rd that it had decided to give up its appeal against the first trial ruling of the Gwangju District Court's Suncheon Branch, which acknowledged responsibility for state compensation to Prosecutor Park's bereaved family on the 29th of last month.
In November 1947, when he was 37 years old, Prosecutor Park was appointed Deputy Chief Prosecutor of the Suncheon Branch of the Gwangju District Prosecutors' Office and handled cases against police misconduct, including requesting a severe sentence of 10 years in prison for a police officer who identified and killed an innocent civilian.
On October 23 of the following year, immediately after the Yeosun incident, the Suncheon police shot Prosecutor Park to death without trial on charges of serving as the People's Court. Prosecutor Park's father, Park In-seo, was also taken into police custody and tortured to death.
In a lawsuit filed by Pastor Park Kyung-jin, the son of Prosecutor Park, on July 6 this year, the first trial court acknowledged the police's illegal actions and ruled that the state should pay a total of 690 million won in compensation.
Even though the results of a state agency's investigation found that the allegations of the activities of the People's Court were groundless and the National Assembly officially confirmed this, it took into account the fact that the bereaved family suffered for a long time because the state did not properly take action such as an apology or compensation.
This case came into the spotlight again when Prosecutor Park's life story was introduced at the 78th joint memorial ceremony for the Yeo-Sun incident held at Ocheon Green Square in Suncheon, Gwangju, Jeollanam-do on October 19 this year.
Acting Minister of Justice Lee Jin-soo (Vice Minister of Justice) explained, "In commemoration of the 78th anniversary of the Yeo-Sun incident, we decided to give up the appeal to restore the honor of the deceased who was unjustly sacrificed in the process of protecting the rule of law and protecting innocent lives, and to quickly heal the pain of the bereaved families who have suffered for a long time."

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The court acknowledged the state's responsibility to compensate the late prosecutor Park Chan-gil and his father, Park In-seo, who were illegally arrested and sacrificed during the Yeo-Sun incident. The bereaved family urged the state to quickly confirm the ruling.