Prosectors Indict 9 Minjung Democratic Party Members, Including Leader, Without Detention for National Security Act Violations

Former and current executives of the Minjung Democratic Party suspected of forming an anti-state organization have been put on trial.

The Public Investigation Division 1 of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office (led by Chief Prosecutor Yoon Soo-jung) indicted nine former and current executives, including Minjung Democratic Party leader Han Myung-hee, without detention on July 9 under the National Security Act.

They are accused of engaging in pro-North Korean activities, such as forming an anti-state organization sympathetic to North Korea, holding rallies demanding the withdrawal of U.S. forces in South Korea, and denouncing South Korea-U.S. joint military exercises as "war rehearsals for invading the North."

They are also accused of producing and distributing the party organ "Locomotive of Resistance" from July 2019 until recently, thereby spreading North Korea's Juche ideology and regime propaganda.

Previously, the police requested arrest warrants in June, deeming it necessary to secure the custody of leader Han and Secretary-General Han (surname omitted), and the prosecution subsequently requested the warrants, but they were dismissed by the court.
 
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