ARMY PLOT IN KOREA
Two Colonels To Die (N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) SEOUL, August 2. Two South Korean Army colonels have been sentenced to death after a court-martial found them guilty of plotting to overthrow President Chung Hee Park. A third colonel was sentenced to life imprisonment and three others—two colonels and a lieutenant colonel—received prison terms ranging from five to 15 years. The Army court acquitted one colonel and a major of charges of failing to report the plot to the authorities. The ninth defendant, a colonel, received a suspended sentence. Those convicted are expected to appeal. All the defendants were arrested in May and charged in connexion with an alleged nlot to stage a coup on May 16. Seven civilians, including an Opposition p rty official have been indicted in connexion with the colonel’s plot. They are awaiting trial.
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30819, 3 August 1965, Page 7
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