A truth panel found that around 438 civilians had been unjustly convicted and killed. FMTNews
SEOUL: A South Korean court on Monday posthumously exonerated a man executed more than 70 years ago for assisting rebel forces, saying he had been wrongly convicted.
But in 2009, a government truth panel found that around 438 civilians – including Chang – had been unjustly convicted and killed for collaborating with the rebel troops. The Suncheon branch of the Gwangju District Court acquitted Chang on Monday, saying that the facts of his crimes cited in 1948 had not been proven.
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