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Choi Cheol-won, a businessman whose approval as the president of the association was rejected due to the so-called assault on the price, raised his voice saying that the refusal to be approved was a joke by the Korea Sports Council.
Correspondent Kim Hyung-ryeol.
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Cheol-won Choi, a cousin of SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, was found guilty of handed over 20 million won as a 'match price' after hitting the driver of a cargo regiment 11 years ago with a baseball bat.
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.
When the Korea Sports Association eventually refused to approve the president, CEO Choi, who went into a lawsuit, raised his voice after the final argument today (16th).
[Choi Cheol-Won/CEO of Might & Main: As a father raising children, over 90% and 80% of my fifty years of life, I am a person who has lived proudly, 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: (It is 2 million won per bat, I never said anything like that, I never threw money, and I sent money online. It was made by the broadcasting station as a person.] 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 you, 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.
(Video coverage: Kim Nam-seong, video editing: Oh Young-taek, CG: Shim Soo-hyun)