| Candidate Park Bum-gye, Minister of Justice, is answering questions from reporters as he goes to the office for a personnel hearing prepared in the Seoul High Prosecutors’ Office in Seocho-gu, Seoul on the morning of the 21st. 2021.1.21/News1 © News1 Reporter Kiseon Hwang |
The National Assembly personnel hearing of candidate Park Beom-gye will be held on the 25th. It is noteworthy how Park will respond to the suspicions that have erupted since the nomination of the minister candidate, such as the omission of property reports, controversy over the assault of a test student, disguised transfer, and whether or not a close associate is recognized.
The National Assembly Legislative Judicial Committee will hold a personnel hearing for Candidate Park from 10 am on this day.
Candidate Park is faced with more than ten kinds of suspicions in various fields, including property issues and morality.
There are many suspicions about property. Candidate Park has raised controversy over suspicion that he did not report property such as his own shares in the forest and the donated land and buildings in Miryang, Gyeongsangnam-do, his own apartment in Daejeon, a condominium in his spouse’s name, and deposits worth 200 million won.
In addition, there was controversy over the fact that the spouse’s real estate rental income was not accurately reported for several years, and that the tax was unfairly deducted and then paid belatedly.
A suspicion was raised that a third party paid the property tax levied on the forest field after omission of the property report of about 6000 pyeong in the Seonsan forest in Chungbuk.
There are also many suspicions about morality and conflicts of interest. Candidate Park is suspected of assaulting members five years ago, such as grabbing the flesh of members of a group (Sa Junmo) for the preservation of the bar exam. It was also controversial that he made inappropriate remarks in a high school lecture in 2012 when he was a member of the first legislator, saying, “There are people who do not have companions in their lives. There is a way for such people to solve. The prostitution system.”
In 2018, there were also claims that he was aware of the fact that his close friends were receiving money and goods, and when he worked as a secretary to the ruling party of the National Assembly Legislative and Judicial Committee, he was suspicious of a conflict of interest over the surge in sales of the law firm he invested by more than 300 times.
In addition, as the Minister of Justice who controls the prosecution organization, he was tried as a accused of assault related to the fast track crash case, and the remarks from the subcommittee of the National Assembly Judiciary Committee to the head of the court administration, “Please make sure to save the lawmakers” It seems to rise above.
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| Ho-Young Joo, the National Forces Representative, is attending a public participation hearing to verify candidates for Justice Minister Park Beom-gye held at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul on the morning of the 24th. 2021.1.24/News1 © News1 Reporter Park Se-yeon |
The power of the people held their own personnel hearing on the previous day (24th). The hearing was conducted on the same day as the members of the Power of the People Judiciary Committee requested witness and reference at the main hearing, and was rejected by the Democratic Party. I was present.
Representative Lee argued, “It is impossible for a high school student who visited a member of the National Assembly to visit the National Assembly member to assault an active member of the lawmaker and make abusive speech.” .
Attorney Kim, a former member of the Daejeon City Council, raised suspicion that candidate Park pretended not to know this, even though he knew that his closest aides were asking for money in exchange for nomination.
Rep. Kim Do-eup, a member of the National Assembly Legislative Judicial Committee, said, “Even now, candidate Park is right to resign, and the president should withdraw his nomination even now,” he said. “This is the least way to the people.”
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