Cho Kuk Pays Respects at the Grave of the Late Activist Park Jong-cheol: "We Were High School and University Alumni"

Visited the Grave of the Late Former Lawmaker Roh Hoe-chan... Connection from the 2012 General Election

Former Minister of Justice Cho Kuk paid his respects on the 12th at the gravesites of the late activist Park Jong-cheol and the late former Justice Party lawmaker Roh Hoe-chan, located at Maseok Moran Park in Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Cha Min-young] Former Minister of Justice Cho Kuk visited the graves of the late martyr Park Jong-cheol and the late former Justice Party lawmaker Roh Hoe-chan, located at Maseok Moran Park in Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province, on the 12th. However, Cho's side cautioned against political interpretations, stating that the visit was made solely due to personal connections.

According to Hwang Hee-seok, Director of Human Rights at the Ministry of Justice, who accompanied former Minister Cho on the 12th, Cho visited Maseok Moran Park that morning with Director Hwang and acquaintances. The visit was to pay respects in advance of the 33rd anniversary of martyr Park Jong-cheol on the 14th.

A representative of the Democratic Martyrs Park Jong-cheol Memorial Association said, "This schedule was not disclosed to the memorial association," and added, "As far as we know, he will not attend the 33rd anniversary memorial event held at the Democratic Human Rights Memorial Hall on that day."

Former Minister Cho also paid respects at the grave of former lawmaker Roh Hoe-chan, located in Moran Park.

Director Hwang explained, "He was a senior and junior to martyr Park, and since he had worked together with former lawmaker Roh, he visited for that reason and had no other purpose."

Former Minister Cho was one year senior to martyr Park at Busan Hyegwang High School and two years senior at Seoul National University. He also served as the master of ceremonies at the 25th anniversary memorial service for Park in 2012. He had a connection with former lawmaker Roh as he served as the chairman of the support committee during the 2012 general election and worked together with him.

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