Famous Law School Professor Returns to Teaching Less Than Two Months After Prostitution Fine Controversy

Payment of Money to a Woman Met Through an App
3 Million Won Fine... Returns to the Stage Afterwards

A professor at a prestigious law school in Seoul, who is a former judge, has sparked controversy by continuing to teach despite having been fined for prostitution.

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On the 15th, the legal community revealed that Professor A, affiliated with a well-known private university's law school and a former judge, was prosecuted last August for paying a woman he met through a smartphone application for sexual services (violation of the Act on the Punishment of Acts of Prostitution) and was sentenced to a fine. However, he returned to the classroom immediately after his disciplinary period ended.

At the end of January, the Seoul Central District Court issued a summary order imposing a fine of 3 million won on Professor A, and since no formal trial was requested, the fine was finalized. The school learned last year that Professor A was under police investigation for prostitution and held a personnel committee meeting to discipline him. Although the exact details of the disciplinary action have not been disclosed, it appears that his lectures in the second semester of last year were interrupted, suggesting he received a suspension for a certain period.

However, Professor A returned to teaching in March, shortly after the fine for prostitution was finalized, to conduct lectures for the first semester. This is because the 3 million won fine for prostitution does not constitute a legal disqualification for private school faculty members. Nevertheless, among students, there is growing criticism questioning whether it is appropriate for a professor who committed illegal prostitution to teach students studying law.

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