Park Heung-sik
Born on April 4, 1906
Address: 190-3 Cheongsu-jeong, Jeonjubu
Entered Suncheon Primary School
Transferred to and graduated from Imsil Public Primary School
Graduated from Jeonju Public Agricultural School
Worked as a forestry official for the Jeollabuk-do Jinan and Jeongeub-gun provincial office
Worked in the charcoal making department at Namsun Forestry Corporation
Baptized at Pungyoeook, Gueongseong-bu Nusang-jeong, in May 1940 and joined Deungdaesa
Arrested on April 27, 1941
Second interrogation at the Dongdaemun police station, May 29, 1941
Q: What is your nationality?
A: Although physically I am a subject of the Great Japanese Empire, spiritually I am striving to be a subject of God’s Kingdom.
Second interrogation at the Dongdaemun police station, May 29, 1941
A: I can do anything for Jehovah God, but I cannot do something for the nation while breaking God’s law. And even though what I have been doing is against secular law, it is unthinkable to change now.
Hearing at Gyeongseong District Court, August 8, 1941
Q: Defendant, have you paid tribute to the shrine since you were baptized?
A: No, I have not because it is said to worship nothing except Jehovah God.
Q: If there was a conflict between the order of the Japanese emperor and the order of Jehovah God, which one would you follow?
A: I obey Jehovah’s commands. I obey the order of the Japanese emperor under Jehovah’s commands.
Hearing at the Gyeongseong District Court, August 8, 1941
Q: Are you going to work for the Deungdaesa again in the future?
A: I don’t think about the future work, but I will work for Jehovah God according to his will in the future too.