Choo Mi-ae: "Reports that I 'cried uncontrollably' as a judge are false... Legal action planned"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Song Seung-yoon] Minister of Justice Choo Mi-ae has stated that a media report claiming she cried when she visited the Supreme Court to protest an unfair local assignment during her time as a judge is not true. Minister Choo also announced that she plans to take legal action against lawyer Shin Pyeong, who publicly shared this on Facebook.

On the 28th, the Ministry of Justice released a statement saying, "Today, a media outlet reported, citing a Facebook post by a certain lawyer, that the Minister of Justice, while serving as a judge, visited the Supreme Court to protest an unfair local assignment and cried uncontrollably."

The Ministry added, "This is completely false and constitutes serious defamation based on false information. We plan to take separate legal measures against the aforementioned lawyer."

Lawyer Shin, a former judge, posted on Facebook the previous day, stating it was a "heard story" that Minister Choo cried uncontrollably while protesting after being assigned to the Chuncheon District Court as her first post in 1985.

Shin evaluated, "The excessive emotion of shedding tears uncontrollably due to dissatisfaction with the assignment, and the bold act of expressing this directly to the highest level of the organization, may be traits of Judge Choo that have persisted to this day. It is likely rooted in an extreme egocentric worldview where the world revolves around oneself or excessive narcissism."

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