Prosecutors Conclude No Charges in 'Park Won-soon Memorial Altar Quarantine Violation' Case

[Asia Economy Reporter Baek Kyunghwan] Last July, a civic group filed a complaint claiming that setting up a memorial altar for the late former Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon at Seoul City Hall Plaza violated quarantine rules, but the prosecution dismissed the case as 'no charges.'

According to the legal community on the 16th, the 10th Criminal Division of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Kim Dowan) decided not to prosecute nine individuals, including Acting Seoul Mayor Seo Jeong-hyeop and former Democratic Party leader Lee Hae-chan (joint funeral committee chairpersons), who were accused of violating the Infectious Disease Control and Prevention Act and other charges, on the 18th of last month.

Earlier, civic groups such as the Free Korea Patriotic Corps filed a complaint with the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, arguing that although Seoul City issued a public notice restricting gatherings in downtown areas including Seoul City Hall Plaza, the city itself violated the notice by installing the memorial altar for former Mayor Park at Seoul Plaza, and thus reported Acting Mayor Seo and others.

However, the Namdaemun Police Station in Seoul forwarded the case to the prosecution in December last year with a recommendation for non-prosecution, and the prosecution also judged 'no charges.'

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