[Pick Q&A] What is the story of politicians caught up in the'child scandal'?

Controversy continues for the son of Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae to prefer military leave.

The controversy over the son of Minister Chu is affecting the recent decline in the Democratic Party's approval rating along with President Moon Jae-in.

The position of Minister Chu, who is regarded as a strong candidate for the by-election of the mayor of Seoul next year, is also shaken by controversy over his son.

In [Pick Q&A], let's take a look at the stories of influential politicians who had to bow their heads without crossing the'child scandal'.

A. Former GNP President Lee Hoi-chang is representative.

President Lee Hoi-chang, who was a leading presidential election runner, was tormented by suspicion of exemption from military service by his two sons in the two presidential elections in 1997 and 2002.

The so-called'screening' suspicion was concluded long after the presidential election, and Kim Dae-up, who raised the suspicion of "receiving money and military exemption", was arrested on charges of innocence and was sentenced to prison.

Former Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon, who died amid suspicion of sexual harassment, also faced controversy over his son's exemption from military service in the election that challenged the reelection and third election.

When my son, who had been enlisted on active duty, was granted exemption a few months later, the X-ray image that was the basis for the problem became a problem.

Both the prosecution and the courts accused Mayor Park's son of violating the military service law.

A. Last year, when Rep. Je-won Jang's son was caught drunk driving, he was charged with trying to change the driver, and was sentenced to probation in the first trial.

Rep. Jang's son was controversial when an article on social media that was presumed to be an attempt to meet conditions as a minor was released, and at that time, Rep. Jang resigned as a spokesman for the then Barun Party.

Former governor of Gyeonggi Province Nam Gyeong-pil was arrested on charges of smuggling and drugging his son in 2017.

In 2014, when the son of the former governor Nam was serving in the military, he was sentenced to probation in a court on charges of sexual harassment and assault as a successor.

Later, Governor Nam lost the election for the provincial governor and later declared political retirement.

In 2017, it was belatedly known that the son of a middle school student of Chung Cheong-rae, who was then a former member of the Congress, sexually harassed a student his age in 2015.

Rep. Jung even posted an apology on Facebook immediately after the news came out.

Chung's son was sentenced to complete a sexual violence treatment program in Family Court.

A. Former lawmaker Chung Mong-joon, who was in the Seoul Mayor's election in 2014, became controversial when his son posted a post on Facebook that "the public sentiment is uncivilized" regarding the bereaved family of the Sewol ferry during the campaign.

Congressman Chung eventually lost the election and left politics.

In the same year, at the same time as the Seoul Mayor's election, Ko Seung-deok, attorney Ko Seung-deok, who took the same year as the Seoul Superintendent's election, had to swallow her tears because of her daughter's'disclosure'.

When the Facebook post of the daughter who shot her father came up saying, "Would a person who is not interested in child education qualified as superintendent?", the late lawyer shouted out loud during the campaign, saying, "Daughter, I'm sorry!"

A. Hyun-cheol, the second son of former President Kim Young-sam, was arrested on charges of receiving billions of money after being involved in the 1997 Hanbo Group political relations lobbying case, the so-called'Hanbo Gate'.

It was the first time the incumbent president's son was arrested.

President Kim Young-sam, who was in office at the time, apologized to the public in front of a TV camera.

In 2002, Kim Hong-geol, the third son of former President Kim Dae-jung, was arrested as the so-called'Choi Gyu-seon Gate', and after a month, his second son, Kim Hong-up, was arrested as'Lee Yong-ho's Gate.

Hong-geol was investigated by the prosecution on charges of receiving 2.6 billion won in the name of lobbying for the selection of sports uniforms, while Hong-eup received 2.5 billion won related to the solicitation of corporate interest.

President Kim Dae-jung also apologized to the public as incumbent president due to the successive arrests of his two sons.

Both the power-type corruption cases involving YS and DJ sons were directly investigated by the Central Investigation Department of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, which has now disappeared.

So the sons of the incumbent president had to stand alongside the prosecution photo line.

The first case of being summoned by a'special prosecutor' rather than the prosecution was Si-hyeong, the son of former President Lee Myung-bak.

Regarding the so-called'Sister's Suspicion of Naegok-dong', in 2012, the special prosecutors' team of Lee Gwang-beom summoned Mr. Si-hyung as a suspect.

The son of the incumbent president was standing at the special prosecutor's photo line.

A. Last year, there was a controversy over the issue of Cho Kook's child entrance examination for a child, and recently the issue of the military leave of Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae's son has been cited as a'mother chance'.

There are criticisms that the value of fairness, which the people have been expecting from the current government, is shaking in front of'parent chances'.

As part of the reform of the prosecution, Cho Kuk retired after preparing the'Regulation on Prohibition of Disclosure of Criminal Cases'.

It is said that the sons of the incumbent president were also unable to be damaged, but it is said that the children and couples of former Minister Cho were the first to be privately subpoenaed to the prosecution after the enforcement of the prohibition against disclosure of criminal cases.

This is'News Pick'.

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