Jeon Du-hwan Memoir Damage Compensation Civil Trial Postponed to December

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[Asia Economy Reporter Baek Kyunghwan] The civil lawsuit trial related to Jeon Du-hwan's memoir, originally scheduled for the 24th, has been postponed to next month.

On the 24th, the Civil Division 2-2 of Gwangju High Court (Presiding Judges Kang Moon-kyung, Kim Seung-joo, Lee Soo-young) postponed the appeal trial date for the damages claim lawsuit filed by four May 18 organizations and the bereaved family of the late Father Jo Young-dae against Jeon and his son Jeon Jae-guk to the 22nd of next month.

Previously, the first trial in September 2018 recognized 69 out of 70 statements written by Jeon in the memoir as false, ruling that they defamed the honor of the May 18 organizations and ordered compensation of 70 million won. In response, Jeon's side appealed, arguing that "it is unfair to interpret that the plaintiffs' honor was defamed by specifying as facts the suspicions that were not revealed at the time of May 18."

Meanwhile, Jeon was sentenced to 8 months in prison with a 2-year probation on November 30 last year in the first trial, but both the prosecution and the defendant appealed, and the appeal trial began in May. According to Article 233 of the Civil Procedure Act, the heirs of the deceased Jeon will undergo the procedure to succeed the lawsuit and can participate in the trial on his behalf to continue the proceedings.

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