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Before yesterday(9.30) the preparatory committee for the Yongsan Civil Court held a press conference in front of the Namildang building (the site of the Yongsan Massacre, in Hangangno 2-ga, Yongsan-gu/district) where they said that President Lee Myung-bak, Seoul's Mayor Oh Se-hoon, then police commissioner Kim Seok-ki, then Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office President Chun Sung-gwan and the head of the construction company should stand as defendants in the court of the people.

The committee announced on the press conference that it has sent summons to the persons. They were selected as defendants on charges of forcefully suppressing the Yongsan protests, covering-up the massacre and enforcing a violent "redevelopment" project.

The committee was founded on Sept. 14(*) to impute in the name of the people responsibility onto the assailant of the Yongsan Tragedy, the state. The trial is to be conducted with a jury of 50 ordinary citizens and will begin on Oct. 18.

 
Related report:

☞ “정치쇼 아닌 (정 총리)눈물 일단 믿어보겠다” (KCTU, 9.30)

* The Hankyoreh, 9.14:

Citizens take city to court for Yongsan tragedy

Committee members prepare for their citizens’ law court against police and the city regarding Yongsan tragedy holds their inaugural meeting at the very site the disaster took place, Sept. 14.
Committee members say they do not expect justice will be delivered by a court with a judge presiding, and plan to create their own court of law on Oct. 18 where a jury of 50 citizens will review the case, the excessive force used by police to evict residents, and the role of the government in the redevelopment project.