"Doctor's Coat Off?" Decision on Former Minister Cho Kuk's Daughter's License Cancellation on 24th... Busan National University Medical School Admission Fraud Investigation Announcement

Former Minister of Justice Cho Kuk. [Photo by Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] It is expected that the decision on whether to revoke the medical license of Cho Min, the daughter of former Minister of Justice Cho Kuk, will be made around the 24th.

Busan National University, which is investigating allegations of fraudulent admission of Cho Min to its Graduate School of Medicine, announced on the 18th that it will make the final decision on whether to cancel her admission.

Busan National University stated, "We will officially announce to the media on the 24th whether Cho's admission will be canceled."

The 'Admissions Fairness Management Committee,' which is investigating the admission fraud allegations against Cho, held a full meeting on the same day to comprehensively discuss the results of their activities and the review of the court ruling, and will report this to the university headquarters.

The Fairness Committee, which began its activities in April, is known to have investigated Cho's admission documents as well as the admission committee members at that time.

They also verified inquiries and responses to the issuing institutions of the applicant's submitted documents and related career institutions, as well as requests for explanations from the applicant and their responses.

After Jung Kyung-shim, Cho's mother and a professor at Dongyang University, was found guilty of admission fraud in the appellate court ruling on the 11th, the Fairness Committee secured the ruling and has been reviewing the ruling along with Cho's admission documents to Busan National University's Graduate School of Medicine.

Since the so-called '7 major specs' used by Professor Jung for Cho's admission were all judged to be false by the court, there is a growing expectation that Cho's admission to Busan National University will likely be canceled.

If that happens, Cho will lose her medical license qualification as she will not have completed the Graduate School of Medicine.

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