Court Official Arrested for Defamation After Repeatedly Making False Claims

Protest Against Local Government Head for Defamation... Police: "Dissemination of False Information"
Arrested After Repeatedly Ignoring Summons... Court Cites "Concerns Over Destruction of Evidence"

An incumbent public official affiliated with the Gwangju District Court has been arrested on charges of defamation and violation of the Public Official Election Act. Police determined that the official had made false statements public, and the court issued a warrant on the grounds of concerns over destruction of evidence.

According to legal sources on July 17, the Gwangju District Court issued an arrest warrant the previous day for a man in his 50s, identified as employee A, who works at a branch of the Gwangju District Court and is accused of defamation and violating the Public Official Election Act. A had been under investigation at a police station in South Jeolla Province in connection with these charges.

A, a Grade 6 court official, is accused of repeatedly staging protests in front of a local government office building in South Jeolla Province from early this year until recently, holding banners alleging that the head of the local government was involved in election-related crimes.

During the investigation, police determined that A's claims were false and, citing the repeated public dissemination of these claims, concluded that criminal charges were warranted and requested an arrest warrant.

A failed to comply with multiple police summonses and was eventually taken into custody under an arrest warrant. Subsequently, police requested a detention warrant, and the court, during a pretrial detention hearing held the previous day, issued the warrant on the grounds of concerns over destruction of evidence.

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