Gov't wins lawsuit to recover $2 mil. in assets from descendants of pro-Japanese collaborator
The South Korean government has won a lawsuit against the descendants of a pro-Japanese collaborator during Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule of Korea, seeking to recover land and proceeds from its sale worth a combined 2.7 billion won ($2 million), officials said Monday. The Goyang branch of the Uijeongbu District Court on Thursday ruled in the government's favor in a lawsuit seeking the return of…
The South Korean government has prevailed in a legal battle to reclaim assets worth 2.7 billion won ($2 million) from the descendants of a pro-Japanese collaborator during Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule of Korea, officials announced on Monday. The Goyang branch of the Uijeongbu District Court handed the government a favorable ruling on Thursday, according to the justice ministry.
The court determined that the government possesses the right to demand the return of proceeds from pro-Japanese collaborators' assets, even if those assets had been transferred to third parties prior to 2005, the year the law took effect mandating the restoration of pro-Japanese collaborators' property to the state. The subject of the lawsuit, Shin Woo-sun, functioned as a vice councilor at the Japanese colonial government's advisory body and was honored with medals by the Japanese authorities at the time.
The ministry initiated the lawsuit in January, pursuing the recovery of 2.43 billion won in proceeds.
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