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Kim Mee-Kyung’s father filed complaints against the policemen involved in the
arrest on grounds of illegal arrest and detention and an investigation was
being carried out on the basis of those complaints.
601.
The Special Rapporteur also transmitted an urgent appeal on 21 June 1994
on behalf of the following persons: Ahn Jae-ku, aged 61; Ahn Young-min;
Ryu Nak-jin, aged 66; Kim Sung-hwan, a member of Korean Council of Youth
Organizations (Hanchonghyop) in Pohang city; Kim Jin-bae; Jong Hwa-ryo;
Jong Chang-soo; Hong Jong-hee and Park Rae-koon. These persons were among a
group of at least 25 who were arrested on 14 June by ANSP and the police for
alleged activities in support of the People’s Democratic Republic of Korea.
According to ANSP, some of the prisoners, including Ahn Jab-ku, were accused
of forming an underground branch of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) and were
said to have established in January 1993 a group called the National Front for
Salvation of the Fatherland. Some of the other prisoners were accused of
forming a group called the Korean Democratic Nationalistic Front. Those
groups were said to support the People’s Democratic Republic of Korea. The
prisoners were reportedly being held for interrogation under the National
Security Law.
602. On 1 July 1994 the Government replied that the above-named individuals
had been duly arrested pursuant to Korea’s National Security Law and in full
conformity with Korea’s legal procedures and their rights under Korean law.
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Information transmitted to the Government and replies received
603. By letter dated 28 April 1994 the Special Rapporteur transmitted to the
Government information he had received in the cases described in the following
paragraphs. On 4 August 1994 the Government sent replies with respect to the
allegations, summaries of which follow their corresponding descriptions.
604. Andrei Tanase Zanopol was arrested without a warrant on 27 June 1993 near
his home in Mazepa, Galati, by two police officers. He was allegedly tied
with wire to an iron bar at the entrance to a building and beaten severely by
the two officers in front of witnesses. He was then taken to the police
station where the beating reportedly continued. On 1 July his lawyer reported
that Mr. Zanopol’s testicles were swollen, one arm appeared to be in a cast
and there were bruises all over his body and on his face. It was also
reported that Mr. Zanopol had received medical treatment from a doctor who
refused to give him a certificate describing his injuries.
605. The Government replied that Camelia Zanopol had filed a complaint in 1993
to the Ias
¸i military prosecutor’s office, which found that Andrei Zanopol had
not been beaten by the police and ordered no penal proceedings against the
officers. The military prosecution section of the General Prosecutor’s
Office, however, re-examined the case on 14 April 1994 and determined that the
previous decision was illegal and without grounds and ordered that criminal
proceedings be undertaken against the officers and that all the relevant
evidence be produced.
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