Seonghae Choi, former president of Dongyang University. Central photo
– When Cho Kook-shim’s wife, Dongyang University professor Jeong Gyeong-shim, was sentenced to four years in prison in the first trial for forgery of her daughter’s citation, the investigation team expressed their willingness to investigate the alleged obstruction. Ryu Si-min, Chairman of the Roh Moo-Hyeon-dan, and Kim Doo-gwan, as well as Democratic Party lawmakers are also mentioned as targets of the investigation. The two were charged with the prosecution on charges of coercion and destruction of evidence during the’motherland crisis’ in September last year.
Chairman Yoo and Rep. Kim were suspected of asking for perjury with the intent of calling the former president of Dongyang University Choi Seong-hae when suspicion of forgery of the citation arose last year. What did the two talk about on the phone call with the former President Choi that day?
The incident dates back to September 4, last year. On this day, around 11 am, the revelation of former President Choi that he received calls from two passport personnel began. At that time, the’Daughter of the Fatherland’ received the’Dongyang University President’s Award’… It was just after the JoongAng Ilbo’s exclusive report titled “I never gave it to me”. Former President Choi told the JoongAng Ilbo that he had never given the President’s citation to the daughter of former Minister Cho. This triggered suspicion of forgery of the Tong Yang University citation. He has been the president of Tong Yang University since 1994, and is currently retiring from the post of president.
According to former President Choi, Congressman Kim called first around 11 am on the same day. Then, Choi argued, that Professor Chung pleaded with him to speak in a way that Choi commissioned him to write his daughter’s citation at random. He also came out as a witness during Professor Chung’s trial in March and testified, “Rep. Kim asked,’If I can’t do what Professor Jung is talking about, I can’t do it.”
Former President Choi also claimed that he received a similar conciliatory phone call from Chairman Yoo around lunchtime on the same day. At a trial in March, he said, “(Chairman Yoo) did not speak outright, but said,’Because he is in the media, he needs to write it nicely, as a scenario,’ he said. Said.
When the controversy over the controversy over the controversial phone call, Yu said, “As a YouTube journalist, I made a phone call to cover (factual relations). . It’s unimaginable.”
Rep. Kim also drew a line saying, “Because former Minister Cho was misunderstood, I contacted him to confirm the details.” In addition, Congressman Kim responded to reporters’ questions at the time, “Was you asked to help former Minister Cho?” (Solicitation) I have vertigo.” He continued, “I didn’t think that talking on the phone would be misunderstood,” he said. “The process was complicated and I gave a citation, I didn’t give it. It was controversial in the media. At the time, the Liberal Korean Party (now the power of the people) accused the prosecution of coercion and destruction of evidence, claiming that Rep. Kim and Chairman Yoo exerted external pressure against Choi. After the facts of the call between the two were revealed, Hwang Gyo-an, head of the Liberal Korean Party, said, “Isn’t it all going to be a problem in the end?”
Reporter Baek Kyungseo [email protected]
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