Politics · South Korea · 6 hrs ago
Moon asks appeal court to acquit four officials in forced repatriation case
Former South Korean President Moon Jae-in filed a petition with the appeals court hearing a case over the forced return of North Korean defectors in 2019.
The petition asks the court to acquit four former security officials, including former national security adviser Chung Eui-yong.
Moon argued that the prosecution of the officials was political retaliation and an abuse of prosecutorial power.
The case concerns the Moon government’s decision to send defectors back to North Korea against their will.
The appeal court is considering the case against the four former officials.
Its ruling will determine whether they are acquitted on appeal.
Former South Korean President Moon Jae-in submitted a petition asking an appeals court to acquit four officials in a forced repatriation case.
The officials include Chung Eui-yong, a former head of the presidential National Security Office.
The case concerns the 2019 forced repatriation of North Korean fishermen.
Moon argued that the prosecution was political retaliation and an abuse of prosecutorial authority.
The petition was reported on October 18, 2026.
- Who
- Former President Moon Jae-in asked the court to acquit four officials, including former National Security Office chief Chung Eui-yong.
- What
- Moon submitted a petition seeking acquittals in the forced repatriation case.
- When
- The petition was reported on October 18, 2026. Its submission date was not stated.
- Where
- The appeal court hearing the case. The court’s location was not stated.
- Why
- Moon argued that the prosecution was political retaliation and an abuse of prosecutorial authority.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
North Korean fishermen were forcibly repatriated, in the case described by the article.
It was reported that Moon had submitted a petition asking the appeals court to acquit four officials.
- Officials named
- Four, including former National Security Office chief Chung Eui-yong
- Case
- Forced repatriation of North Korean fishermen
- Year of case event
- 2019
- Petition reported
- October 18, 2026
What people are saying
The prosecution is political retaliation and an abuse of prosecutorial authority