Among the claims against the defendants was overthrowing Kim Il Sung and making Pak Hon-yong the new premier, and Chu one of his vice-premiers.

[1] Chu was part of the Political Committee of the Workers' Party of North Korea that was founded in August 1946 as a compromise between rivaling factions of communists on the orders of the Soviets.

[4] In addition, Chu was elected vice-chairman of the party, along with Kim Il Sung in the first plenum of the Central Committee on 31 August.

[13] In the show trial of Ri Sung-yop and 12 other defendants in August 1953 just after the end of the Korean War, a fictitious conspiracy was revealed.

According to the accusers, the conspirators planned overthrowing Kim Il Sung and making Pak Hon-yong the premier.