Police Decline to Prosecute Solo Protester Who Filed Counter-Complaint Against Former President Moon and Spouse

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[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Su-yeon] On the 24th, the Yangsan Police Station in Gyeongnam announced that they have recently closed the case without prosecution regarding Mr. Choi (65), a long-term protester in Pyeongsan Village, who filed a complaint against former President Moon Jae-in and his wife.

Mr. Choi was arrested in August in front of the former president’s residence in Pyeongsan Village, Yangsan, Gyeongnam, on charges of threatening President Moon’s secretariat with a box cutter while preparing for a protest. The day before his arrest, he had made insulting remarks toward the former president and his wife.

After his arrest, he filed complaints accusing former President Moon of espionage and Mrs. Kim Jung-sook of defamation.

The police decided not to prosecute, judging that Mr. Choi’s complaints lacked grounds.

Meanwhile, since May, Mr. Choi has used a loudspeaker 65 times in Pyeongsan Village, where the former president’s residence is located, to verbally abuse and insult the former president and his wife. He is currently undergoing a first trial after being detained and indicted on charges of threatening people who protested against his abusive demonstrations and pushing residents who tried to stop him.

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