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Former Justice Minister Cho Kuk, who was indicted on charges of corruption in children's entrance exams, came to court after six months. In the afternoon, his spouse Jung Kyung-shim, a professor at Dongyang University, will also appear in court, and if Professor Jeong appears, the former minister and wife will stand side by side in court for the first time as defendants.
Correspondent Yoon-sik Jeong.
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Former Minister Cho Kuk appeared in the morning of the 11th at the trial on charges of obstruction of the exercise of the right to abuse of power held at the hearing of part 21-1 of the Criminal Agreement of the Seoul Central District Court.
Former Minister Cho has been on trial for allegedly ignoring the Blue House Special Inspection Team's inspection of former Busan City Economic Deputy Mayor Yoo Jae-soo and on charges of corruption in children's entrance exams. came out on
Former Minister Cho briefly expressed his impressions before entering the courtroom,
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Kuk / Former Minister of Justice: I will face the trial with a more humble attitude. I will faithfully explain. Thank you.]
However, Lee Seong-yoon, the Seoul High Prosecutor's Office, did not answer questions related to the mention of his name in the indictment released after being charged with 'extraordinary investigation of Kim Hak'
In the morning trial, in addition to former Minister Cho, Baek Won-woo, former secretary for civil affairs at the Blue House, attended and a hearing was held on the suspicion of tampering with the inspection.
At 2 pm, the trial on the charges of corruption in the children's entrance exams of the former minister and wife is scheduled to be held.
As a result, the former Minister and his wife will be tried side by side in a court of law for the first time as defendants.