[Pick] Article 148 of the Penal Code of the Fatherland Family... Neither Jeong Gyeong-shim nor his son "refuse to testify"

"President, I would like to refuse to testify entirely."

(Professor Kyung-Shim Chung, Dongyang University)

Chung,

At a trial held today (15th) at the Seoul Central District Court, Professor Kyung-Shim Chung and his son, Moo Jo, exercised the'veto to testify'.

Professor Jeong and his son witnessed the trial of a member of the Open Democratic Party, Choi Kang-wook, who was charged with interfering with the graduate school entrance exam in October 2017 by issuing a false intern certificate to the son of former Minister Cho. I was present.

Representative Choi's lawyer insisted that the entire prosecution newspaper should be omitted as Professor Jeong and his son refused to testify.

However, the judiciary accepted the prosecution's argument and proceeded with the newspaper, and Professor Jung's hat answered "I will not answer" all of the prosecution's questions.

The prosecution pointed out that "Professor Jeong did not respond to the investigation from a certain point in the course of the investigation, so we could not investigate at all regarding the confirmation of internship activities at the law firm."

Previously, former Justice Minister Cho Kook also attended the trial of his wife, Professor Jeong, and refused to testify to more than 300 prosecutors' questions, saying, "I will follow Article 148 of the Criminal Procedure Act."

Article 148 of the Criminal Procedure Act is the'criminal responsibility of close relatives and refusal to testify'.

"You can refuse to testify that you or your relatives will be convicted."

Today, Professor Kyung-Shim Chung's mother and daughter applied for the witness support service side by side, following the procedure used by former Minister Cho Kook, and attended the courtroom through an internal courtroom that is not open to reporters.

This is'News Pick'.