User:Dckewon5131/이근창 (1913년)

Lee Geun-chang (16 March 1913 – 1950) was a legal professional during the Japanese occupation and the early days of the founding of the Republic of Korea.

Life
He was from Cheolsan-gun, North Pyongan Province. He studied in Japan, graduated from the Department of Law at Chuo University, and passed the Judicial Department of the Higher Civil Service Examination in 1939.

Starting with the Sinuiju District Court's judicial review in 1940, he served as a judge of the Gwangju District Court and a judge of the Sinuiju District Court's settlement office and worked as a judge of the Joseon Governor-General at the end of the Japanese colonial period. As of 1943, when he was a judge of the Gwangju District Court, he was ranked seventh in the clan.

Even after the end of the Pacific War in 1945 and the start of the U.S. military government, he was appointed as a judge of the Seoul District Court and remained in the legal profession. He served as a senior judge at the Seoul District Court and a judge at the Seoul High Court.

While serving as a judge at the Seoul High Court, the Korean War broke out in 1950 and disappeared in Seoul. He is believed to have been kidnapped by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

It was included in the judicial section of the list of prospective pro-Japanese biographies released by the Institute for National Affairs in 2008 and was included in the 705 pro-Japanese anti-ethnic activities announced by the Pro-Japanese Anti-ethnicity Commission.

Reference

 * Lee Geun-chang - National History Compilation Committee