Democratic Party's 'Sexual Harassment Remarks' Case Against Choi Kang-wook Postponed... "Opportunity for Self-Defense and Submission of Additional Evidence"

Choi Kang-wook Absent from Ethics Tribunal Meeting

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[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jun-yi] The Ethics Tribunal of the Democratic Party of Korea postponed the conclusion of the retrial for Representative Choi Kang-wook, who was sanctioned with a '6-month suspension of party membership' due to sexually harassing remarks, on the 18th.

The Democratic Party announced on the same day, "The Ethics Tribunal has decided to continue the review to provide Representative Choi with an opportunity to present his defense and submit additional materials regarding the retrial."

According to party officials, Representative Choi did not attend the retrial on that day, so the intention is to offer him a chance to present his defense.

It is known that he was unable to attend the retrial meeting because he was attending the plenary session of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee held at the National Assembly on the same day.

Representative Choi was previously reported to have made sexually harassing remarks during an online meeting with Democratic Party lawmakers belonging to the National Assembly's Legislation and Judiciary Committee in May. The Democratic Party's Ethics Tribunal held a meeting in June and unanimously confirmed the disciplinary action of a 6-month suspension of party membership, after which Representative Choi requested a retrial from the Ethics Tribunal.

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