ROK Justice Minister Nominee Denies He is Corrupt
Cho Kuk is pretty trying to claim that he knew nothing of the corruption involving his family members:
Cho Kuk, the embattled justice minister nominee, denied academic-related allegations over his daughter and a dubious investment in a private equity fund (PEF), as he sought to clarify corruption scandals involving his family on Monday.
Cho, former senior presidential secretary for civil affairs, held a press conference at the National Assembly to address the scandals as the hearings set for Monday and Tuesday have effectively fallen through amid political wrangling.
Cho is the focus of public outcry over alleged corruption involving his family, including the suspected undue entrance by his daughter into an elite university and a hefty dubious investment in the PEF.
His daughter was listed as a primary writer of a pathology paper published in a renowned medical journal when she took part in a two-week internship at a medical science institute in 2008 as a high school student. Critics speculate that he may have been involved in her listing and that the paper might have helped her gain admission to Korea University in 2010.
“I did not know the detailed process (about my daughter being listed as the first writer for the paper) at that time, and I’ve come to identify the allegation during the latest verification process,” Cho said.
Cho dismissed allegations that he had contacted a professor to enable his daughter to receive preferential treatment. (……)
The nominee, meanwhile, flatly denied allegations over the PEF investment by his family.
His wife faces allegations that she sought to evade the gift tax after she invested over 1 billion won (US$865,765) in the PEF with her two children.
Cho’s family promised to invest the money that is larger than its total wealth in the PEF two months after Cho was named as senior presidential secretary for civil affairs in May 2017.
The fund bought a firm that produces automatic switches for streetlamps, which later secured hundreds of orders issued by the government and saw an increase in sales.
Yonhap
You can read more at the link, but the opposition lawmakers have backed down from demanding his family members testify during this confirmation hearing. Also if you can believe it, Cho is going around preaching that the ROK needs a fair and just society and called for the need to eradicate social ills committed by the privileged when he is part of the problem.
With that all said it appears that Cho will be appointed by President Moon which means he can squash any investigation into his family.
Funny, President Pak went to and is still being held illegally in prison on fabricated charges.
😆 😆 😆 I had no idea this guy is a comedian….someone get him a stand-up gig ASAP…oh I was wrong 🙁 he another commie lying sack of sh*t…
Lock him and his daughter up, they are as guilty as President Park.
Doug, only difference between him and President Pak is President Pak was and is not guilty of anything.
Or they all may not be guilty at all. This is South Korean politics where framing people with charges is the norm. Whoever is in charge, can make or break the charges getting stuck.
“I did not have sex with that woman,” said Bill C.
“I had the most transparent, scandal-free administration,” said Barry O.
“I am not a crook,” said Richard N.
Lead author positions just grows on trees for Cho Kuk.