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| Auditor Choi Jae-hyung attends the general meeting of the Legislative Judicial Council held at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul on the morning of the 16th. 2020.11.16/News 1 © News1 Reporter Park Se-yeon |
Amid controversy over the fact that President Moon Jae-in revealed his thoughts on’adoption’ at a New Year’s press conference, Rep. Cho Su-jin, a member of the People’s Strength, brought out the story of Auditor Choi Jae-hyung, who adopted two children.
On the 19th, Congressman Cho posted an article on his Facebook page in 2011 entitled’Seoul High Court Chief Judge Choi Jae-hyung adopting two children’.
According to the article, Director Choi has four children, two of whom are born with his heart.
In an interview at the time, Director Choi said, “There is a social prejudice against adoptive families,” he said. “It’s as if a wealthy family pays for adopted children. If you look around, you can see more adoptions in ordinary and ordinary families than in economically rich people. I said.
“Adoption should not be viewed as a life reverse of a poor child like a Cinderella story,” he said. “Adoption is only giving an ordinary child an opportunity to enjoy the ordinary family life he could have missed.”
“Adoption is not about picking the children on the shelf like picking things,” he said. “Whatever the child’s condition, you shouldn’t expect something from your child to adopt. Adoption literally gives a child the fence of love and family without any conditions. There must be a commitment to do it.”
Rep. Cho posted an article and criticized “Adoption is the birth of a child in the heart” and criticized that “It is an international embarrassment for the President to bring up embarrassing stories such as’cancelling adoption or changing adopted children’ at a live press conference.” .
Rep. Cho said, “The president is from a’human rights lawyer’,” and said, “My heart feels stuffy.”
At a press conference the day before, President Moon said, “Because adoptive parents may change their minds, they will cancel the adoption again within a certain period of time, or change the adopted child if the child does not match.” There are many ways to promote adoption,” he said.
Then, criticism such as’Is it a product that can be returned by a person’ was raised around the opposition and civic groups. The Blue House said, “The president’s purpose is to supplement the adoption system to promote adoption,” said the Blue House. “It is the purpose of supplementing the’pre-entrustment protection’ system, which is used as a custom with the consent of the adoptive parents before adoption is confirmed.”