Ha Tae-kyung: "Yoo Si-min, who defended Cho Kuk's son's proxy exam, has become an international fool"

Ha Tae-kyung, the responsible representative of the New Conservative Party, criticized Yoo Si-min, director of the Roh Moo-hyun Foundation, who defended former Minister of Justice Cho Kuk's alleged online proxy test.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Shinwon Yoon] Ha Tae-kyung, the responsible representative of the New Conservative Party, criticized Yoo Si-min, chairman of the Roh Moo-hyun Foundation, regarding the allegations of former Minister of Justice Cho Kuk's proxy exam at George Washington University in the United States.

On the 5th, Ha Tae-kyung shared a report on his Facebook stating that George Washington University expressed the position that "if the allegations are true, it is cheating," saying, "George Washington University responded that if parents directly helped their children with exams, it is clearly cheating," and added, "Yoo, who insisted it was not cheating, has now become an international fool."

Earlier, JoongAng Ilbo quoted Tim Dodd, academic advisor at the Elliott School of George Washington University, saying, "If former Minister Cho conspired with his son to write answers for an online exam as the prosecution alleges, it would violate school regulations," and reported that the university plans to conduct an investigation if the Korean prosecution shares evidence.

According to the prosecution's indictment, on October 31, 2016, former Minister Cho received a message from his son, Cho Mo, who was in the United States, saying he was taking an exam. The couple, Cho and Professor Jeong Gyeong-sim of Dongyang University, waited during the exam time, divided the exam questions that Cho Mo sent by camera on November 1, solved them separately, and sent the answers back to him. As a result, Cho Mo received an A grade.

In response, Chairman Yoo stated on the YouTube channel 'Alileo' regarding the proxy exam controversy of former Minister Cho, "From my investigation, it was a 20-question quiz, an open-book exam that the son accessed, where any materials could be referenced," and claimed, "It is merely the prosecution's allegation and the facts have not been confirmed, so the indictment was very cheeky."

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