SEOUL: A former prosecutor whose trial following groping allegations fuelled South Korea's #MeToo movement walked free on Thursday after his conviction was quashed by the country's top court.
Seo went public with a tearful live television interview in 2018, which triggered a flood of similar accusations against powerful men in fields ranging from art to politics that grew into a South Korean #MeToo movement. Ahn - who was separately fired for corruption in 2017 - could not be charged with sex abuse because the one-year statute of limitations had expired.Instead he was indicted for abuse of power, accused of using his position to pressure senior prosecutors to reassign Seo to a junior position in revenge.
The original ruling"misunderstood legal principles on the crime of abuse of official authority", the Supreme Court said in a statement.The victim's lawyer Seo Gi-ho said he"cannot possibly comprehend" the Supreme Court's decision, adding it had interpreted the definition of abuse of authority"too narrowly" in reaching its ruling.
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