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Choi Cheol-won, a businessman whose approval as the president of the Ice Hockey Association was rejected due to the so-called 'attack on the price,' raised his voice saying that the refusal was a joke by the Korea Sports Council.
Correspondent Kim Hyung-yeol.
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Cheol-won Choi, the cousin of SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, was found guilty of hitting a truck driver with a baseball bat 11 years ago and handing him 20 million won as a 'match price'.
This 'battery assault controversy', which was also the subject of the movie 'Veteran', was rekindled last year when CEO Choi was elected president of the Korea Ice Hockey Association.
After the Korea Sports Association finally refused to approve the president, CEO Choi, who went into a lawsuit, raised his voice after finishing the final argument.
[Choi Cheol-Won/CEO of Might & Main: As a father raising children, I am a person who says that I have lived my life proudly for over 90% and 80% of my fifty years, so I live with my face. I live with my face up proudly.]
He expressed his dissatisfaction with the media, saying that the controversy was exaggerated.
[Choi Cheol-won/CEO of Might & Main: (with a bat) It is 2 million won per unit. I never said anything like that, I never threw money, and I sent money online. I have never caused a social scandal, and the broadcasting station made me a person who caused a social scandal.] As
his president's approval was rejected, he strongly criticized the Korean Sports Council, saying that Korean ice hockey was going down.
[Choi Cheol-won/CEO of Might & Main: (The president of the Ice Hockey Association became vacant) Thanks to that, we all failed at the Olympics.
The men and women (national team) are all gone, so we can't go to the Olympics.] As
CEO Choi tried to break through the controversy over past assault, the court will make a ruling in February next year amid growing criticism.