Act for re-tweeting comments of the North Korean account, is a major example of the abuse of Articl e 7 and violation of the freedom of expression 16. - In 2004, the NHRCK recommended to the government to abolish the National Security Act as the ac t might restrict the freedom of thought and conscious as well as expression, and the government did n ot accept the recommendation. In 2016, the NHRCK recommended again to devise measures including revising Article 7 to prevent abuse of the act and prevent human rights violations in the NAP (2017-2 021). 2) Questions - Please specify plans to amend Article 7 of the National Security Act and provide measures to p revent abuse of application of the act. 21. Defamation by revealing truth 1) Current Status - There is a concern that speaking out of fact for the public interest including whistle-blowing on corr uption as well as the me-too movement might be discouraged because pursuant to Article 307(Defamati on) of the Criminal Act and Article 310(Justification)17, a person who publicly reveals fact can be pun 16 Park Jung-geun was arrested for re-tweeting the comments of the North Korean twitter ac count in January 2012. It was the first time in the world to be arrested for re-tweet. He re-t weeted the North Korean account to mock and satirize the North Korean regime, but the pr osecution charged him with violation of Article 7 (1) and (5) of the National Security Act. Pa rk Jung Geun was found guilty at the first trial, and innocent at the second trial, which was finalized after the appeal was rejected on April 28, 2014. 17 ｢Criminal Act｣ Article 307 (Defamation) (1) A person who defames another by publicly alleging facts shall be punished by imprisonment or imprisonment without prison labor for not more than two years or by a fine not exceeding fiv e million won