The World - News from Oct. 6, 1989
A South Korean Presbyterian minister, whose trip to Communist North Korea for reunification talks created a political uproar, was convicted of aiding an enemy power and sentenced to 10 years in prison. The Rev. Moon Il Hwan walked out of the Seoul court in protest before Judge Chung Sang Hak sentenced the dissident leader on various charges of aiding North Korea. Moon said he refused to recognize the court’s authority and returned to his cell. “Sentence me as you please after I leave the court, although I am not concerned about the penalty,” the 71-year-old clergyman said. Yoo Won Ho, a businessman who joined Moon on the trip to Pyongyang in March, was also sentenced to 10 years in jail.
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