Prosecutor Park Chan-gil, the late victim of the Yeo-Sun incident, acknowledges responsibility for state compensation.

(Suncheon = Yonhap News) Reporter Son Sang-won = The court recognized the state's responsibility for damages against the late prosecutor Park Chan-gil and his father, whose stories were introduced at the memorial ceremony for the Yeosu-Suncheon 10/19 incident (Yeo-sun incident).

According to the legal community on the 2nd, the Suncheon Branch of the Gwangju District Court issued a ruling on the 29th of last month acknowledging the state's responsibility for compensation for the sacrifices of Prosecutor Park and his father, Park In-seo.

This lawsuit was filed on July 6 by Pastor Park Kyung-jin, the son of Prosecutor Park.

At the 78th Joint Memorial Ceremony for the Yeo-Sun Incident held at Ocheon Green Square in Suncheon-si, Gwangju, Jeollanam-do on the 19th of last month, Prosecutor Park's life story was introduced and Pastor Park expressed his thoughts.

It is reported that the court acknowledged the police's illegal actions due to usual ill feelings and intention to retaliate.

Prosecutor Park worked as a deputy chief prosecutor at the Suncheon Branch of the Gwangju District Prosecutors' Office at the time and did not accept the results of the police investigation as is, but handled left-wing cases according to the standards of the law.

It was found that the police even posted an intelligence report calling Prosecutor Park “Prosecutor Jeokgu,” meaning “red dog.”

Prosecutor Park was arrested by the police on October 23, 1948 and executed by firing squad without trial on charges of cooperating with the rebels. The father, Park In-seo, also died after being severely beaten by the police.

The litigation representative said that prosecutor Park was awarded a larger amount of compensation than in a typical group victimization case, considering that there were special circumstances such as the police's motivation for the crime, the degree of illegality, the victim's status, and the state's attitude after the incident.

Attorney Seo Dong-yong said, “The current prosecutor also did this, so how unfairly would the poor and helpless civilian victims have died? If the state does not appeal and the verdict is confirmed as soon as possible, we will begin the process of applying for national compensation.”