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the election of the president of the Korea Ice Hockey Association, SK conglomerate's Candidate Cheol-won Choi was chosen as the new president. However, the controversy is growing as Candidate Choi was excommunicated 10 years ago by the so-called'matchmaking assault'.
This is reporter Kim Hyung-yeol.
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Candidate Cheol-won Choi was supported by 62 out of 82 delegates who participated in the vote, and was elected president of the Korea Ice Hockey Association, greatly surpassing candidate Jeon Young-deok.
SK President-elect Choi Cheol-won, the cousin of SK Chairman Choi Tae-won, was the person who struck a cargo regiment driver with a baseball bat 10 years ago and handed over 20 million won as a ‘match’ to the person who caused a stir.
This'Match-Value Assault' was also the subject of a movie veteran.
Because of this, it has been controversial since running for the election, but the Association's Election Commission approved the candidate registration through legal advice and won the election with overwhelming support.
Choe-elect will be officially inaugurated as the chairman if he is approved by the Korean Sports Association by next month.
[Taesu Jang/Spokesman of Justice Party: Isn't Choi the'veteran' needed for the Korea Ice Hockey Association? The Korea Sports Association and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism also request that they do not give up the role of supervisor.] To
this controversy, Elect Choi did not respond at all and is waiting for the decision of the Sports Association.
(Video coverage: Kim Won-bae, video editing: Woo Ki-jung)