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Thu, 06/16/2011 - 11:56
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Ex-president claiming to be poor files expensive appeal: court
SEOUL (Yonhap) - A former president who claims to have only a few hundred dollars left under his name has appealed a compensation ruling against him, using a court stamp worth at least US$4,000, a Seoul court said Thursday.
According to the Seoul Central District Court, former President Chun Doo-hwan filed an appeal on June 8 against a May 17 ruling that he pay 1 billion won ($918,000) in compensation to two former opposition lawmakers, who served prison terms under fabricated charges in 1980.
The former legislators, Lee Shin-bom and Lee Tek-don, were sentenced to 12 years and two years in prison, respectively, in connection with a democratic uprising by tens of thousands of citizens in the southwestern city of Gwangju in May 1980.
Chun, who was the leader of the military government at the time, jointly filed the appeal with Lee Hak-bong, who at the time was a chief investigator in the martial law command. Sources confirmed that the court stamp required for the filing cost about 5 million won.
"It's difficult to say which of the two people paid for the stamp," a court official said.
In 1997, the Supreme Court ordered Chun to forfeit 220.5 billion won on bribery charges, but as of January this year, 167.2 billion won remained unpaid. In 2003, prosecutors asked the court to order Chun to submit a list of his assets, but Chun then claimed he only had 290,000 won left in his bank account.
When a judge once asked him how he could afford to play golf, Chun replied that he was a well-connected man.
In response to the news of the appeal, Lee Shin-bom said he was flabbergasted.
"I have no idea how someone with only 290,000 won paid for the court stamp," the ex-lawmaker said. "There's 20 percent delay interest getting tagged on each year starting the day after the court ruling, so I don't understand how he even had the guts to appeal."
The Chun-led military government manipulated information about the Gwangju uprising, claiming it was a rebellion attempt plotted by then-dissident leader Kim Dae-jung against the government. It arrested Kim and 24 other key opposition figures on charges of conspiracy of a rebellion and violations of national security and martial laws.
Lee Hak-bong was accused of arresting the two former lawmakers without warrants and of torturing them.
Lee Shin-bom and Lee Tek-don have asked the Seoul court to order an auction on Lee Hak-bong's home in southern Seoul. Lee Shin-bom said the move was in retaliation against the "destruction of the constitutional government and violation of human rights."
According to the Seoul Central District Court, former President Chun Doo-hwan filed an appeal on June 8 against a May 17 ruling that he pay 1 billion won ($918,000) in compensation to two former opposition lawmakers, who served prison terms under fabricated charges in 1980.
The former legislators, Lee Shin-bom and Lee Tek-don, were sentenced to 12 years and two years in prison, respectively, in connection with a democratic uprising by tens of thousands of citizens in the southwestern city of Gwangju in May 1980.
Chun, who was the leader of the military government at the time, jointly filed the appeal with Lee Hak-bong, who at the time was a chief investigator in the martial law command. Sources confirmed that the court stamp required for the filing cost about 5 million won.
"It's difficult to say which of the two people paid for the stamp," a court official said.
In 1997, the Supreme Court ordered Chun to forfeit 220.5 billion won on bribery charges, but as of January this year, 167.2 billion won remained unpaid. In 2003, prosecutors asked the court to order Chun to submit a list of his assets, but Chun then claimed he only had 290,000 won left in his bank account.
When a judge once asked him how he could afford to play golf, Chun replied that he was a well-connected man.
In response to the news of the appeal, Lee Shin-bom said he was flabbergasted.
"I have no idea how someone with only 290,000 won paid for the court stamp," the ex-lawmaker said. "There's 20 percent delay interest getting tagged on each year starting the day after the court ruling, so I don't understand how he even had the guts to appeal."
The Chun-led military government manipulated information about the Gwangju uprising, claiming it was a rebellion attempt plotted by then-dissident leader Kim Dae-jung against the government. It arrested Kim and 24 other key opposition figures on charges of conspiracy of a rebellion and violations of national security and martial laws.
Lee Hak-bong was accused of arresting the two former lawmakers without warrants and of torturing them.
Lee Shin-bom and Lee Tek-don have asked the Seoul court to order an auction on Lee Hak-bong's home in southern Seoul. Lee Shin-bom said the move was in retaliation against the "destruction of the constitutional government and violation of human rights."
