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Open Democratic Party representative Choi Kang-wook, who was accused of issuing false intern confirmations to the son of former Justice Minister Cho Kook, was sentenced to probation from imprisonment at the first trial.

It was a sentence that could lead to loss of a parliamentary position, but CEO Choi announced that he would appeal immediately.



Reporter Jung Yoon-sik.



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CEO Kang-

wook

Choi

said that

in his office in 2017, when he was a lawyer, the son of former Minister Cho Kook, who was then chief of civil affairs, wrote a letter confirming that he was an internship.



'Is this confirmation real or fake?' is the issue of the trial.



CEO Choi said that the internship confirmation was genuine even during the last year's election



. [

I

will ask you simply.

Did you (intern)?

Didn't you?]



[Kangwook Choi/CEO of the Open Democratic Party (Last April): (Intern).

She has been (actual internship) since high school.

In our office.] Even



Lee is being tried separately for spreading false information.



The decision made by the judge today (28th) is that it is a fake confirmation.



For a total of 16 hours of activity twice a week for 9 months, it was an average of 12 minutes at a time, so I thought it was difficult to see it as an internship.



It means that Mr. Jo only stopped at work a few times in the evening or on holidays, and it does not match the internship confirmation.



The court sentenced him to eight months in prison and two years probation, saying that issuing a false internship confirmation was "an act that undermines the fairness of the entrance exam.



Choi, who was sentenced to the loss of his parliamentary position, said he would appeal immediately.



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Results sentenced today's trial due to podcast speak, of course, a false Intern Confirmation son It is expected that it will affect the couple of former ministers Cho Kook who are being tried on charges of receiving and using them for admission.



Choi has also been accused of spreading false information in relation to the attempted coercion of a reporter for Channel A.



(Video coverage: Seo Jin-ho, Video editing: Lee Seung-hee)