The Seoul court acquitted Kato Thursday of defaming South Korea’s president by reporting that she was spending time with a man during a deadly ferry disaster a year ago.
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Japanese leaders welcomed a South Korean court’s acquittal of the former Seoul bureau chief for the Sankei Shimbun, saying the verdict removes a barrier in efforts to resolve the more hard “comfort women” issue.
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The Seoul district court judge said that while what Mr Kato wrote was inappropriate, he should be protected by the freedom of speech in a democratic society.
Although the ruling said part of the article was “false”, it concluded the former bureau chief was not guilty because the court “did not accept that the defendant meant to defame the president”.
The two sides had shared the sentiment that it would backfire if they gave the impression that Tokyo and Seoul tried to meddle with the South Korean justice system.
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Prosecutors were asking for an 18-month prison term.
Rather, the court said Kato’s intention was to describe the political situation in Korea to Japanese readers.
Despite the acquittal, South Korea’s criminal defamation law should be repealed because it “stifles a free press, has a chilling effect on freedom of expression and works against the public interest by gagging critics and whistle blowers”, Phil Robertson of Human Rights Watch said in a statement.
The article repeated rumours in South Korean media and the financial industry “about a relationship between the president and a man”.
A source with the South Korean government said the verdict will be good for bilateral relations and indicated that the steps taken by the South Korean Foreign Ministry were based on the views of Park, who seeks to improve ties with Japan.
“President Park really wants to improve ties with Japan this year”, a source close to the president’s office said. “We would like to hope that it will have a positive impact on pushing forward Japan-South Korea ties”.
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Similar sentiments were also shared in Tokyo, with even Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressing that he “appreciated” the ruling.
