Ex-President Chun has Alzheimer‘s, will not attend libel trial: wife
Social affairsAug 26, 2018
Former President Chun Doo-hwan, who is accused of defaming a late Catholic priest over a military crackdown of the 1980 pro-democracy uprising in Gwangju, will not attend the opening of his trial to be held in Gwangju on Monday.In a statement released Sunday, Chun’s wife Lee Sun-ja said that he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2013 and has been on medication since. Lee said it is doubtful that Chun would be able to give “normal” testimony given the state of his mental health and questioned whet