On 26 June legal charges were brought against 27 members of the KTU by the Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office public criminal investigation department. The charges related to the organisation of a school walk out in June 2014 and a nationwide teachers’ rally the following month to call for the reversal of the decision to revoke the KTU’s legal status. The individuals, who included former KTU president Kim Jung-hoon, were charged with violating the State Public Officials Act.
Prosecutors also indicted another six people, including KTU teacher Lee Min-sook, for two May 2014 incidents in which messages were posted on the Blue House website and a public appeal was issued criticising President Park Geun-hye for her handling of the Sewol ferry disaster and calling for her resignation.