[Photo] A doctor released from clutches of police surveillance after 19 years

Kang Yong-ju, a South Korean doctor who had been under police surveillance after serving 14 years in a trumped a spy case under the Chun Doo-hwan regime, has finally been freed from government surveillance. The Ministry of Justice made the order to end police surveillance for Kang on Dec. 17 during a regular session of its security surveillance review board. Kang also indicted by prosecutors for refusing to abide by the Security Surveillance Act in March of last year. The photo shows Kang after his third trial, where he was declared innocent, on Feb. 21. (Kim Myoung-jin, staff photographer)