Prosecutors Indict Former Lawmaker Min Kyung-wook for 'Gwangbokjeol Rally'

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[Asia Economy Reporter Baek Kyunghwan] Former Future United Party member Min Kyung-wook, who was accused of organizing a rally on Liberation Day last year, has been brought to trial.

According to the legal community on the 2nd, the Criminal Division 10 of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Prosecutor Jin Hyun-il) indicted former lawmaker Min without detention on the 19th of last month for violating the Assembly and Demonstration Act and the Infectious Disease Control and Prevention Act. Former KBS Public Union Chairman Sung Chang-kyung was also indicted without detention for violating the Infectious Disease Control and Prevention Act.

The April 15 National Struggle Headquarters for Election Fraud, led by former lawmaker Min, held a large-scale rally on Liberation Day last year in the Jongno and Euljiro 1-ga Station areas, which were not authorized rally zones, violating the Seoul city’s rally ban order for that day. At that time, the National Struggle Headquarters reportedly marched to areas outside the permitted rally zones despite restrictions on gatherings due to COVID-19. In response, Park Joo-min, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, filed a complaint against former lawmaker Min and others for violating the Infectious Disease Control and Prevention Act and other charges.

Earlier, the Jongno Police Station in Seoul, which investigated this case, had transferred former lawmaker Min and former chairman Sung to the prosecution in February.

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