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Real Reality
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 Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 10:20 pm Post subject: Pardon, Who Will Be Pardoned? 142 or more |
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Gov't to pardon 142 people on Liberation Day
The South Korean government on Friday decided to grant a special amnesty to 142 prisoners and ex-convicts next week, sparking criticism from opposition parties and disappointment from business circles as it includes several confidants of President Roh Moo-hyun but not executives who were expected to be pardoned.
Kim Yong-san, former chairman of Kukdong Engineering and Construction Co., is the only one of the convicted businessmen from conglomerates...
17 CEOs from small- and medium-sized companies were granted leniency.
Arranged to mark the Aug. 15 Liberation Day, which commemorates the end of Japan's 36-year colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula in 1945, the pardon also involves the paroling of 750 prisoners and lifting of sanctions on some 4,400 construction firms.
By Shin Sun-ah, Yonhap News (August 11, 2006)
http://english.yna.co.kr/Engnews/20060811/610000000020060811142210E1.html |
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NAVFC
Joined: 10 May 2006
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| Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 1:28 pm Post subject: |
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Wow so blatanly corrupt.
I wonder how Korean prisons are... |
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Real Reality
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Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 4:32 pm Post subject: |
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| NAVFC wrote: |
| Wow so blatanly corrupt. I wonder how Korean prisons are... |
Two convicted associates of President Roh likely to be pardoned: party official
South Korea has been granting special amnesties to inmates and convicted politicians and businessmen on major holidays.
Yonhap News (August 9, 2006)
http://english.yna.co.kr/Engnews/20060809/610000000020060809170540E1.html
4.22 Mil. Pardoned on Liberation Day
In a Cabinet meeting, the government decided to grant pardons to some 4.22 million people, including politicians. This is the fourth largest number of people who have been granted amnesty: 7 million in 1995, 5.5 million in 1998 and 4.8 million in 2002.
By Kim Rahn, Korea Times (August 12, 2005)
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200508/kt2005081217273111950.htm
S. Korea grants amnesty to millions
President Kim Dae-jung on Friday granted amnesty to some 5 million South Koreans, but the country's leading civil rights organization has criticized the move, saying some 500 "prisoners of conscience" remain behind bars.
CNN (March 13, 1998)
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9803/13/skorea.amnesty/index.html
Conditions of imprisonment (South Korea)
Conditions of imprisonment fall below international standards in several areas. Under the current presidency, there have undoubtedly been improvements as political prisoners have better contact with other prisoners and outside visitors. Medical facilities in prisons and detention centres are poor and detention centres suffer from a shortage of medical doctors.
Republic of Korea (South Korea)
Summary of Concerns and Recommendations to Candidates for the Presidential Elections in December 2002
Amnesty International (November 6, 2002)
http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/engasa250072002
Prison Diary of an English Teacher
[Exclusive] One visa-less American has spent two months in prison awaiting deportation from Korea
OhMyNews (May 17, 2005)
http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?no=226771&rel_no=1
Solitary: Tough test of survival instinct
BBC News (February 25, 1999)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/286070.stm |
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Hater Depot
Joined: 29 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 5:37 pm Post subject: |
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pardoning thousands of criminals for no good reason -- okey dokey.
American soldiers going to US jails rather than Korean -- EVIL EVIL BAD AMERICA. |
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Guri Guy
Joined: 07 Sep 2003
Location: Bamboo Island
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| Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 5:57 pm Post subject: |
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Cool. I wonder if any hagwan owners are included in that number?  |
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Real Reality
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