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Jo Song-hwa of IBK, a women's volleyball player who caused a stir from leaving the team, made a statement for the first time. He refuted the controversy head-on, saying that it was not an unauthorized departure.
Byung-min Yoo.
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Jo Song-hwa, who appeared three weeks after leaving the team, appeared at the reward and punishment committee with a firm expression.
There was no apology or reflection for the scandal that grew out of control, and he insisted that there was no trespassing.
[Jo In-seon / Jo Song-hwa's legal representative: On November 18, a club official said, 'It is not an unauthorized departure. It's just that the player is sick." This is the content that the club did not admit at first.] On the
18th of last month, when the fact that Song-hwa Jo was leaving, the front desk of IBK explained, "It is not an unauthorized departure," but Song-hwa Jo took this point and started a counterattack.
IBK has only left an ambiguous answer.
[Jung Min-wook / IBK Industrial Bank Secretary General: I am thinking of leaving. (Are you saying that it is not unauthorized?) That part should also be legally reviewed in the future.]
Songhwa Jo expressed his will to continue playing as a player, but
[Songhwa Jo / IBK Industrial Bank of Korea: (After playing an athlete) Do you have the will?) Yes.] The
club nailed it once again that it could not accept Songhwa.
Amid the conflicting arguments of the two sides, the Federation's reward and punishment committee withheld judgment, and IBK is expected to take its own disciplinary action, increasing the possibility of a legal battle.
(Video coverage: Jeon Jeong-bae, video editing: Woo-jung Woo)