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Choi Jin-tae (?~?) was a police officer from the end of the Korean Empire to the Japanese occupation and participated in the suppression of the righteous army movement in Jeollanam-do.

Life
In October 1909, he participated in an operation to suppress the righteous army movement as a patrol officer at Gwangju Police Station in Jeollanam-do. Choi Jin-tae made a contribution by exterminating armed soldiers, including Lim Chang-mo, the head of Boseong County's righteous army, and his eldest son, Lim Hak-kyu, in this punitive operation jointly conducted with the Japanese army.

In 1912, in commemoration of the signing of the Treaty of Merger between Korea and Japan, the Japanese government received the Korean Merger Commemoration Medal awarded to the contributors of the Merger between Korea and Japan. At that time, he was a member of the Joseon Governor-General's Office.

In 2006, it was selected as a list of 106 pro-Japanese anti-ethnic acts officially announced by the Pro-Japanese Anti-ethnic Acts Commission. It was also included in the list of prospective people to be included in the pro-Japanese life dictionary published in 2008.

In 1909, the Great Korean suppression, was as a legitimate performance of official dutiesl of the Korean Empire, there is a strong view that the selection of pro-Japanese is unfair.

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 * Lim Chang-mo