Korean court convicts former President Doo-hwan for defamation 1
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Korean court convicts former President Doo-hwan for defamation

Former South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan received a suspended sentence of several months on Monday for defamation. The 89-year-old former dictator was charged in May 2018 on charges of defaming Catholic priest and former democracy activist Cho Chul Hyun, who died in 2016 and wrongly calling him a liar in his memoirs published in 2017.

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