Park Beom-gye orders Supreme Prosecutors' Office to file ex officio retrial request for Jeju 4·3 Incident

[Asia Economy Reporter Baek Kyunghwan] Minister of Justice Park Beom-gye has instructed the Supreme Prosecutors' Office to file ex officio retrials for those who were convicted in military trials during the Jeju 4·3 Incident.

According to the Ministry of Justice on the 22nd, the Jeju 4·3 Incident Truth Commission and Victims' Honor Restoration Committee recommended to the Minister of Justice to file ex officio retrials for 2,530 convicted individuals listed in the prisoner registry, pursuant to Article 15, Paragraph 1 of the "Special Act on the Investigation of the Jeju 4·3 Incident and the Restoration of the Honor of Victims."

In response, Minister Park instructed the Supreme Prosecutors' Office to "respect the committee's recommendation and promptly file ex officio retrials according to relevant laws, doing their utmost to restore the honor of the victims and their families."

Additionally, the Ministry of Justice, together with the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, established the "Joint Task Force for Ex Officio Retrial Recommendations on the Jeju 4·3 Incident" under the Gwangju High Prosecutors' Office, with its office located in Jeju City. To support the task force, the Ministry of Justice provided personnel and budget, including one high prosecutor, two prosecutors, and three investigators and administrative officers, and established a cooperative system with Jeju Provincial Government and the Ministry of the Interior and Safety. Two practical personnel were also dispatched from the National Police Agency.

A Ministry of Justice official stated, "We will continue to spare no support in assisting the prosecution's retrial work to ensure that the honor of the victims and their families is substantially restored."

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