Court Grants Suspension of Appointment Effect for Kwon Tae-seon as Successor to Visiting Jin Chairman

by Choi Sukjin

Published 18 Sep.2023 18:43(KST)

The court accepted the suspension of execution request to halt the effect of the Korea Communications Commission's decision appointing a successor to Kwon Tae-seon, chairman of the Broadcasting Culture Promotion Association (Bangmunjin).

Accordingly, Kim Seong-geun, who was appointed as the successor to Chairman Kwon, will not be able to perform his duties for the time being.

Former Chairman Kwon Tae-seon of the Korea Broadcasting Culture Promotion Foundation is speaking as he attends the hearing for the suspension of execution of the dismissal order by the Korea Communications Commission at the Seoul Administrative Court in Seocho-gu on the morning of the 31st of last month.
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The Seoul Administrative Court Administrative Division 12 (Presiding Judge Jeong Yong-seok) on the 18th accepted Chairman Kwon's suspension of execution request, filed against the Korea Communications Commission, asking to stop the effect of the appointment decision of the Bangmunjin supplementary director. The court suspended the effect until 30 days after the judgment date of the main case, including the cancellation lawsuit filed by Chairman Kwon against his dismissal. Chairman Kwon requested the suspension of the effect until the final confirmation of the main case judgment, but this was not accepted.

Earlier, Chairman Kwon filed an administrative lawsuit requesting the cancellation of each decision after the Korea Communications Commission dismissed him last month and appointed Kim as his successor, and also applied for suspension of execution.

On the 11th, the court accepted the suspension of execution request to halt the effect of the dismissal decision against Chairman Kwon. Accordingly, Chairman Kwon returned to his position, but since the successor had already been appointed, the number of Bangmunjin directors exceeded the legal number of nine.