A Japan-residing Korean studying in south Korea, who had served a prison term for seven years since 1984 on a false charge of spying, was recently found innocent.

The investigators of the Defense Security Command of the puppet army threw the student studying at the Medical College of the Korea University into prison in August, 1984.

The investigators extorted a "confession" that he came to south Korea from Japan on a spy mission at the "instructions" of the north.

They threatened him with torture if he pleaded not guilty at the trial.

As a result he was sentenced to 7 years imprisonment on charges of violation of the "National Security Law".

The military dictatorial regime abducted and harshly tortured innocent people and wrested false confession from them, cooking up lots of spying cases.

In this regard the court concluded that the victims and their families should be compensated for their freedom and human rights being abused by the authorities.