The article said that the Suwon District Court of south Korea on Feb. 17 held a trial and sentenced Ri Sok Gi, lawmaker from the Unified Progressive Party, to heavy penalty.

The decision is, in a word, a copy of the written arraignments of the Intelligence Service and the prosecution, it said, and went on:

It is unreasonable that the idea of a political party was branded as "idea of following the north" without verification and the decision of guilty was made.

Similar plotted rebellion cases in the period of the past military dictatorship were given verdicts of "not guilty" after several decades. Truth is bound to be probed.

The court which shunned the truth will pay a very high price.