-When the Liberation Association (Chairman Kim Won-woong), an organization of independence merit, decided to award an award named after the independence activist Choi Jae-hyung (1860-1920) to Justice Minister Chu Mi-ae, the commemorative project in honor of Choi was backfired. The Liberation Society is scheduled to hold an awards ceremony for’Independence activist Choi Jae-hyung’ at the Liberation Hall in Yeouido, Seoul on the 25th and give a prize to Minister Chu. It was cited as the reason for the award that Minister Chu made efforts to belong to the state for a total of 117 parcels, including the pro-Japanese property of Lee Hae-seung, who received the title of marquis from the Japanese colonial rule, and the publicly announced land worth 52 billion won (approximately 300 billion won). Mr. Choi, the’godfather’ of the independence movement of the Korean American community in Russia, also supported Dr. Ahn Jung-geun’s sniping of Hirobumi Ito. The Liberation Association made a prize named after the teacher last year and presented the award to the late Democratic Party lawmaker Kim Sang-hyun and Yoo In-tae, the former secretary of state affairs, respectively in May and December of that year. In one month after that, Minister Chu was chosen as the third winner.
Independence activist Choi Jae-hyeong memorial service association said, “In the situation where the’Choi Jae-hyung’ was established and operated on its own, the Liberation Association created a prize without consultation and presented to a specific politician, causing confusion and destroying the honor and spirit of the independence movement of the teacher.” He rebelled. “It is a political activity prohibited by the Liberation Association’s articles of association to lend a prize (to a politician) with the name of a teacher who is respected by the people across the opposition parties,” he said. “I have no choice but to doubt whether it is to satisfy the private desires of Liberation President Kim Won-woong. Criticized.
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