Minister Jeong Seongho Pays Tribute at May 18 Cemetery: "Reflecting on Past Wrongs"
A Total of 24 High-Ranking Officials from the Ministry of Justice and Prosecution Attend
On May 15, ahead of the 46th anniversary of the May 18 Democratization Movement, Minister of Justice Jeong Seong-ho visited the National May 18 Democratic Cemetery to pay tribute, accompanied by Koo Ja-hyun, Acting Prosecutor General, and other senior prosecutors.
A total of 24 high-ranking officials from the Ministry of Justice and the prosecution attended the tribute, including Minister Jeong, Acting Prosecutor General Koo, Vice Minister Lee Jin-soo, Park Kyu-hyung, Director of the Planning and Coordination Department at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, Choi Ji-seok, Head of the Public Investigation Department, Kim Tae-hoon, Chief Prosecutor of the Daejeon High Prosecutors' Office, Park Cheol-woo, Chief Prosecutor of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, and Seong Sang-heon, Chief Prosecutor of the Southern District Prosecutors' Office.
This marks the first time that the Minister of Justice, the highest-ranking official in the prosecution, and senior managers have visited the May 18 Democratic Cemetery together. The visit was intended as both a tribute to the spirits of those who were sacrificed through the state’s past illegal violence, and as a moment of deep reflection on whether the Ministry of Justice and the prosecution, as institutions charged with defending human rights, fulfilled their roles in the past.
Minister Jeong and his delegation laid flowers and burned incense in front of the May 18 Democratic Uprising Memorial Tower, then visited the graves of the late Park Hyun-sook, a martyr who fell to military gunfire, and the late Hwang Ho-geol, a citizen militia martyr, to pay their respects and honor their memory.
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Minister Jeong stated, "The Ministry of Justice and the prosecution deeply reflect on having disappointed the public during certain work processes in the past. Recently, the Ministry of Justice has prioritized protecting the human rights and interests of the people, having withdrawn or abandoned appeals in state compensation lawsuits arising from illegal acts by the state, while the prosecution has also made efforts by seeking retrials ex officio in historical cases and requesting acquittals."
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