From: won@seas.gwu.edu (Won Lee)
Subject: Re: aftermath of election
Organization: George Washington University
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 01:41:02 GMT

In article <85862@ut-emx.uucp> btlee@emx.cc.utexas.edu (Mr. Byungtae Lee) writes:
>From: sl26@ellis.uchicago.edu (sangjin  lee)
>
>    
>(3) The Problem of the prisoners of conscience:
>
>All of the bad laws have legitimacy. They are called such when they
>violate the fundamental human conscience, or specifically the written
>Constitution. That's my definition anyway. That the law has legitimacy
>doesn't make it a good law.
>There are three exemplary bad laws: The Law on the National Security, The
>Law on the Assembly and the Demonstration, and the three laws on the
>Laborors' activities. I don't have to explain why they are bad laws, do I?
>They violate the freedom of thoughts, freedom of assembly and
>demonstration, all of which are clearly written in the Constitution of
>Korea.
>One distintive feature of them is that they're written very ambiguously so
>that they can be applied very extensively. That's why Im Soo Kyung was
>arrested for her activity at North korea, while non of the heads of
>conglomerates who visited North Korea ILLEGALLY were not prosecuted. Under
>the Law on the National Security, their action can be easily illegal.
>Have you thought of a situation that a student can be arrested and put into
>jail only because he possessed Karl Marx's 'Das Kapital'? I'm not a
>communist or something, but it's rather a question of basic freedom. While
>it can be used as a textbook in colleges, if a person possesses it, he(she)
>may be arrested for it. Why is it so? The authority uses this tool to
>arrest the student activists. When they seize the activists or protesters,
>and have nothing to put him under arrest, then they look for such books,
>and then they can be arrested legally under the Law of National Security.
>While Mr. Rohs government claims that there is not a single political
>prisoners in Korea, the Amnesty International keeps reporting that there
>are ongoing practices of political prisonings. When I said the number of
>'em more than doubled during the 6th Republic, I meant basically those
>arrested and put into jail by the abusive use of the three main bad laws.
>
>
>         You are talking about at least 5 year ago Korea.
>         Possessing 'Das Kapital' does not violate any law in Korea now.
>         Sorry  I had it in Korea.  Without forma form of organization,
>         even your adovocate of communism can not be punished. I explained
>         why Im/Moon case was different from the other case. 
>         What aspect of labor laws of Korea is bad now?
>         Do you know Korean government recently signed ILO treats and joined
>         that organization?  Do you know korean labor acitivity law fully
>         suuports all three fundamental rights now?  Do not speak out with
>         outdate information. 
>         How can you explain the arrest of demonstrators in USA?
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>         Can you explain the difference between the assembly and demonstraion
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>         laws of two country?  Do you believe that in this crowded cities, any 
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>         form of demonstration should be allowed? Then why so many anti
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>         abortion demonstrators were errested who blocked clinics here.
>   
>         I am not saying that Korean laws are perfect nor I am supporting 
>         Korean government. But for better discussion, I do believe we should
>         be more specifically informed and more rational.
>         

	Those are very interesting questions to me. 	
        Can someboby post the answers ?

	Thanks
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Won  Lee                     Dept. of EE&CS 
won@seas.gwu.edu       The George Washington University