South Korean lawyer Lee Kyung Jae expects to draw public attention to the state of relations between Seoul and Pyongyang, Yonhap News Agency reported.
The Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Korea is considering initiating criminal proceedings against Kim Yo-jong, sister of DPRK leader Kim Jong-un, for the illegal demolition of the inter-Korean communications office building. This was reported on Thursday by Yonhap agency.
According to it, a complaint was filed with the prosecutor’s office on July 8 by South Korean lawyer Lee Kyung Jae, who hopes to draw public attention to the state of relations between Seoul and Pyongyang, which have sharply deteriorated in June this year.
It is most likely that the prosecutor’s office will refuse to initiate criminal proceedings on the grounds that evidence cannot be collected, the agency notes. Even if a South Korean court delivers an indictment against Kim Yo-jong, it will be impossible to execute it. Intentionally destroying someone else’s property is punishable in South Korea by a heavy fine and up to ten years’ imprisonment.
On June 16, Kim Yo-jong ordered the bombing of the inter-Korean communications office in Kaesong as a response to the distribution of propaganda leaflets by South Korean public organizations. The DPRK General Staff then announced plans to send troops to the areas of Gyumgansan and Gaesong, to restore guard posts previously curtailed by agreement with Seoul in the most dangerous areas of the demilitarised zone, and to resume all kinds of military exercises near the South Korean border.