Gwangju City Operates Legal Support Team to Protect Citizens

Mayor Lee Yong-seop: "Gwangju, a Human Rights City, Takes the Lead Once Again in Upholding Justice"

On the afternoon of the 16th, Lee Yong-seop, Mayor of Gwangju Metropolitan City, attended the appointment ceremony for the Gwangju Metropolitan City Legal Support Group members at the business room on the 3rd floor of the city hall. After presenting appointment certificates to six lawyers appointed as members of the Legal Support Group, a commemorative photo was taken. From left: Lawyer Park Jeong-jun, Lawyer Bong Se-hwan, Lawyer Han Jae-won, Lee Yong-seop, Mayor of Gwangju Metropolitan City, Lawyer Moon Chang-min, Lawyer Kim Ji-yeon, Lawyer Choi Mok, Kim Kwang-hwi, Director of Planning and Coordination Office. Photo by Gwangju Metropolitan City.

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the afternoon of the 16th that it held an appointment ceremony for the Uihyang Gwangju Legal Support Group at the City Hall Business Room, attended by Mayor Lee Yong-seop and six lawyers appointed as members of the Uihyang Gwangju Legal Support Group.

The Uihyang Gwangju Legal Support Group is a system that provides legal services such as legal rights consultation and litigation representation for citizens who have suffered rights violations and mental damage due to the spread of false information, fake news, defamation, etc., through social networking services (SNS) and the internet.

With the activation of SNS and others, it was implemented for the first time among metropolitan local governments nationwide to support citizens who have suffered mental and material damage from fake news but have been reluctant to exercise their legal rights due to economic difficulties.

The six appointed members of the Legal Support Group are lawyers active in the region, and during their two-year term, they will carry out activities necessary for rights protection, such as investigating the requirements and facts of rights protection applications for reported damage cases, one-on-one consultations, litigation representation, and criminal complaints.

Any citizen who has been unfairly harmed on SNS or other platforms can apply for consultation and legal support from the Uihyang Gwangju Legal Support Group. The Citizens' Rights Committee reviews the applicants, and if selected, they can receive legal support through consultation and investigation.

Mayor Lee Yong-seop said, “Our Gwangju is historically a city of justice, but in daily life, unjust acts occur here and there, causing suffering to innocent citizens. With the launch of the Uihyang Gwangju Legal Support Group to respond more swiftly to fake news and protect the human rights of citizens marginalized by the legal system, Gwangju, as a human rights city, will once again take the lead in upholding justice.”

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