Tsche Chong-kil

Infobox Korean name
hangul=최종길
hanja=崔鍾吉
rr=Choe Jong-gil
mr=Ch'oe Chong-kil

Tsche Chong-kil (April 28 1931 Gongju - October 19 1973 Seoul) was a professor at the Law College of Seoul National University. For years, the government denied any involvement in his death, but in 2002 the Presidential Truth Commission announced the results of its investigation: during interrogation by the KCIA he fell, or was thrown, from a seventh story window; he is also believed to have been tortured. In 2006 the government was ordered to pay 184 million won in damages; an intelligence agent who had accused him of spying for North Korea was ordered to pay an additional 20 million.

ee also

*History of South Korea
*Human rights in South Korea
*List of Koreans

External links

* [http://www.humankorea.or.kr/ Truth Commission site, in Korean and English]
* [http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200602/200602140027.html "State Held Liable for Academic's 1973 Defenestration"] , The Chosun Ilbo, February 14, 2006.
* [http://www.hani.co.kr/section-001100000/2004/03/001100000200403190204001.html "The Final Truth About Tsche Chong Kil"] , the Hankyoreh, March 19, 2004.

Persondata
NAME=Tsche Chong-kil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Choi Chonggil, Choe Jong-gil, 최종길, 崔鍾吉
SHORT DESCRIPTION=South Korean professor.
DATE OF BIRTH=April 28 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH=Gongju
DATE OF DEATH=October 19 1973
PLACE OF DEATH= Seoul