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The National Assembly personnel hearing on Justice Minister candidate Han Dong-hoon continued until dawn today (10th).

The hearing lasted for 17 hours and 30 minutes, as was expected of President Yoon Seok-yeol's closest aides, but the adoption of the hearing report failed.



Reporter Kang Min-woo reports.



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The hearing of Justice Minister candidate Han Dong-hoon, which started at 10 am yesterday, lasted 17 hours and 30 minutes.



The hearing ended around 3:30 this morning as witness newspapers and supplementary questions from opposition lawmakers were repeated.



Even in the late hour, the tense nerve battle between the ruling and opposition parties continued.



In particular, the opposition lawmakers clashed over the case of an attempted coercion of a Channel A reporter, which was led by a candidate, in particular, in the investigation of the former minister's family and the controversy over collusion with prosecutors.



[Min Hyeong-bae / Independent member of the National Assembly (from the Democratic Party): It seems that there is a political intention even in the investigation of former Minister Cho Kuk and his family, did you know that there is such a view?



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This 'Channel A case' becomes one of the most humiliating cases in the prosecution for me personally.]



One candidate said that he would rather have walked a flower path had he not done an investigation into his homeland, and countered that the Channel A case had already been concluded with no charges. .



Another issue was the suspicion of a candidate's daughter's writing of a thesis.



The Democratic Party even mentioned the possibility of criminal punishment, saying that it was published in a so-called 'predatory academic journal' that only pays for it, but [Kim Yong-min /

Democratic



Party member: In some cases, I think it may be a case that can be punished for obstruction of business or violation of the Copyright Act.]



was a post that had nothing to do with the entrance exam and countered that he had never contacted the Kenyan scriptwriter.



He then mentioned the case of former President Moon Jae-in, saying he has no intention of dropping the lawsuit against the media that reported the allegations.



[Han Dong-hoon/Candidate for Justice Minister: Even if you look at the precedents, the president has sued the people.] The



hearing was closed, but the adoption of a hearing report by a candidate, which was due to be delayed, was delayed again due to differences between the ruling and opposition parties.