Jung Eui-yong, "Fact of Falsified Address for Children's Elementary School Assignment"

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo In-ho] Jeong Eui-yong, the nominee for Minister of Foreign Affairs, revealed on the 3rd that he committed address fraud about 40 years ago to assign his children to an elementary school.

In the written response submitted to the National Assembly on the same day, Jeong said, "After returning from an overseas dispatch in 1982, I was concerned that my children, who were 9 and 8 years old respectively, would have difficulty adapting to an elementary school without friends, so I changed the address to my wife's parents' home and had them attend a nearby elementary school where their cousins went."

This was in response to the question from Jeong Jin-seok of the People Power Party, "Have you ever committed address fraud since July 2005 for the purpose of assigning your children to preferred schools?"

However, it has been identified that the school Jeong's children attended was a prestigious private elementary school selected by lottery or priority waiting, not a public elementary school assigned based on address, raising criticism that the explanation for the address fraud is insufficient.

When asked whether the private school was assigned based on the address at that time, the nominee's side did not provide an answer.

Jeong Jin-seok explained that he asked the nominee the 'address fraud' item exactly as it appears in the Blue House's '7 Major Corruption-Related High-Ranking Public Official Candidate Screening Criteria' in writing.

Regarding the 'drunk driving' item in the screening criteria, Jeong responded, "I committed drunk driving in November 1989," adding, "Although no personal or material damage occurred, I deeply regret my inappropriate behavior as a public official."

For other items such as evasion of military service, tax evasion, illegal accumulation of wealth, research misconduct, and sex-related crimes, he stated, "There are no relevant matters."

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