Kim’s release sought
NZPA-AFP Washington The United States Administration had called on the South Korean Government to free the Opposition leader, Kim Dae-Jung, from house arrest, said a State Department spokesman yesterday. The authorities in Seoul placed Kim under house arrest on the eve of a convention of the opposition New Korea Democratic Party, which was largely formed by Kim’s followers. A United Stated State Department spokesman, Mr Charles Redman, said that it appeared the Government of President Chun DooHwan wanted to prevent Kim from attending the convention. The United States had, “called consistently for the removal of all remaining restrictions on Kim as soon as possible.” “The Korean Government was well aware of our position,” but did not say if Washington had lodged a formal protest with the Seoul Government, Mr Redman said. Kim, aged 60, is legally barred from political activity under a 1980 sedition conviction. He was released in 1982 to go to the United States for medical treatment, and returned to South Korea last February.
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Press, 2 August 1985, Page 6
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