[Newsmaker] Court dismisses indictments against Jeju massacre survivors after over 70 years
Social affairsJan 17, 2019
The district court on the southern island of Jeju on Thursday dismissed the charges against over a dozen survivors of a bloody 1948-1954 government-civilian clash, effectively ruling them not guilty of mutiny after 71 years. The Jeju District Court made the landmark decision in a retrial involving 18 survivors, including 99-year-old Lim Chang-eui. (Yonhap)The ruling essentially quashes the convictions handed down by a military court in 1949, as it means the court is revoking the initial indictm