Top court orders retrial of inter-Korean summit transcript destruction case |
Cho Myoung-gon (L) and Baek Jong-chun, two former presidential aides of late President Roh Moo-hyun, walk out of the Seoul Central District Court after they were cleared of charges of destroying a presidential document, on Feb. 6, 2015. (Yonhap)
The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a lower court to reconsider its not guilty verdict for two former presidential officials accused of destroying a transcript of the 2007 inter-Korean summit to cover up the then-South Korean president s alleged offer to surrender the de facto western sea border.
The top court remanded the case to the Seoul High Court, ordering a retrial of Baek Jong-chun and Cho Myoung-gyon, who served in the administration of President Roh Moo-hyun.