Actor Kim Gyu-ri spoke about the final ruling on damages in the cultural blacklist case from the Lee Myung-bak administration.
On the 9th, Kim Gyu-ri posted on her social media account, "Finally the ruling has been finalized. I don't know how many years I suffered, I want to stop being in pain now. Actually the trauma is so severe that just hearing the 'blacklist' 'bl…' part makes me have a seizure," she wrote.
Kim Gyu-ri said, "Among my experiences that I hadn't spoken about, there was 'the NIS office was set up in the alley by our house
be careful' and at the time, the then-lawyer of ours, Representative Kim Yong-min asked, 'Was nothing wrong when the house was empty?' (There were places where the NIS entered when the house was empty), our house had no problem because we shredded documents so they could not be recognized when discarded, but later I learned that other houses in our neighborhood were fined because there was a problem with the garbage bags (apparently they searched the garbage bags too), strange people loitering in front of the house for days, I attended an awards ceremony for the film "Mijin-do" and when I appeared on screen a call came from somewhere… On the day of the contract to appear in a work… suddenly a cancellation notice also came… When the blacklist fact appeared in the news and I briefly expressed my feelings on social media, the next day I even received a threat saying 'If you don't stay quiet I'll kill you'.. I suffered from phone wiretapping, etc.. They apologized but to whom did they apologize… it felt like an apology thrown into the void for an article, the wounds remain and it's just hollow," she said.
She added, "In any case, I'm glad to hear the news that they gave up the appeal. The period I suffered because of the blacklist plus from the start of the lawsuit in 2017 to now.. I send warm comfort and support to the lawyer team who worked hard and to the senior colleagues who suffered because of the blacklist. Thank you all for your hard work."
Earlier, 36 people including actor Kim Gyu-ri, actor Moon Sung-geun and comedian Kim Mi-hwa filed a damage claim lawsuit in November 2017 against former president Lee Myung-bak, former National Intelligence Service Director Won Sei-hoon and the state, saying, "Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye, who were entrusted with power by the people, cut off the livelihoods of cultural and artistic figures because of differing political views."
In the first trial, while ruling that former President Lee and former Director Won should jointly compensate the plaintiffs, the court held that the claim against the state was time-barred. However, on the 17th of last month, the Seoul High Court ruled, 'The state shall jointly with former President Lee and former Director Won pay each plaintiff 500,000 won.'
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