Seoul National University: "Na Kyung-won Asked for Help with Son's Participation in Competition"

Documents revealing that Na Kyung-won, former member of the Future United Party (currently the People Power Party), asked Seoul National University to assist her son in attending a science competition have been made public.

According to the 'Seoul National University Research Integrity Committee (Yeonjinwi) Decision Document' submitted by Seoul National University to Seo Dong-yong, a member of the National Assembly's Education Committee from the Democratic Party of Korea, Seoul National University judged that the paper titled "A Preliminary Study on the Measurement of Cardiopulmonary Health in Non-Laboratory Environments," in which Na's son Kim Mo was listed as the fourth author, constituted "improper authorship." The reason given was, "Although Kim helped verify data when finalizing the paper, this was a simple task and does not qualify as a contribution warranting authorship."

The decision document also stated, "Professor Yoon Mo of Seoul National University College of Medicine, the subject of the investigation, received a request from Kim's mother (former lawmaker Na) to assist Kim's participation in the Expo (a competition for American high school students) and allowed him to conduct research in the medical engineering laboratory of the College of Medicine."

In response, former lawmaker Na said on Facebook, "The period during which my son used the laboratory was the summer of 2014. At that time, I was not a member of the National Assembly. After the 2011 Seoul mayoral by-election, I did not run in the 2012 general election and was an ordinary citizen without any official authority until I returned to the Dongjak by-election in 2014. I deeply regret that Representative Seo selectively expanded and distorted the issue by focusing only on a very small part without looking at the overall situation."

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