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Prosecutors also investigated’silence’ for 20 months
“The Crushing Practice of Suwon University Incidents Blatantly”

A view of the Seoul High Court in Seocho-dong, Seoul.  yunhap news

A view of the Seoul High Court in Seocho-dong, Seoul. yunhap news

In the appeal of an administrative lawsuit filed by Suwon University against the Ministry of Education, the judiciary postponed the election three times and repeated the decision to resume pleadings, causing controversy. In the legal world, it is pointed out that “if you don’t know it once, it is partial to resume the pleadings twice and delay the lawsuit for nearly two years and six months.” As a result of an investigation by the Ministry of Education in 2017, 13 cases of corruption were found, including the payment of funding for the National Assembly members as school expenses, and all the directors of the school corporation were disqualified from the inauguration approval. All. In summary, on the 18th, the appeals trial for administrative litigation was concluded in June of last year, and the sentence should have been issued in August of the same year, but the judgment has been delayed for about eight months. This is because the administrative divisions 1-3 of the Seoul High Court (presiding judge Kang Seung-joon), which are the judges, postpone the days of Seongogi three times and issue an order to resume pleadings in the meantime. If you look at the Supreme Court’s’My Case Search’ site, the first date of selection, scheduled for August 21 last year, was postponed to September 4, which was again postponed to October 16. On this day, the court decided to resume the pleadings ex officio instead of the sentence. Resumption of pleadings refers to reopening the hearing, not the judgment, that the court will listen to the defendant’s pleadings again. After that, the pleading date, which was set on November 13, was postponed again three times and was held on December 8, and the pleading was terminated on that day. Eventually, the trial was over the year and the second election day was scheduled as January 29th of this year, but the court also delayed this to February 26th. However, on that day, the court ordered again to resume pleadings. On January 26th, a lawyer from Kim & Chang, acting on behalf of Suwon University, accepted the request for reopening the pleadings submitted to the court. Since then, the date for pleadings, scheduled for March 12, has been postponed to the 23rd of this month, and a hearing is ahead. It is a repetition of closing pleadings-Seongogi-il-deferred-reopening pleadings-ending pleadings-seongogi-il-postponing-reopening pleadings.

In February 2016, former Suwon University President Lee In-soo, who was handed over to trial on charges of over 20 private school irregularities, is entering the Suwon District Law for the first trial.  Former President Lee is the son-in-law of Bang Sang-hoon, president of the Chosun Ilbo.  Hankyoreh material photo

In February 2016, former Suwon University President Lee In-soo, who was handed over to trial on charges of over 20 private school irregularities, is entering the Suwon District Law for the first trial. Former President Lee is the son-in-law of Bang Sang-hoon, president of the Chosun Ilbo. Hankyoreh material photo

An attorney with extensive experience in administrative litigation said, “If you write the judgment (by the court), you can find out the hearing loss and you can resume the pleadings.” I have no choice but to see. I have never seen a trial like this in my 20 years of experience,” he pointed out. He continued, “What makes you think,’The judge is afraid to make a judgment’ means that you have already lost the appearance of a fair trial.” Another large law firm attorney said, “If the administrative disposition is suspended, it is advantageous to delay the lawsuit from the school’s point of view.” “It is very unusual to delay the election day and resume the defense twice. In this case, the first trial, which usually takes more time, was decided in 11 months.” In the first trial ruling in November 2018, major issues were recognized, such as the fact that the National Assembly member sponsorship was paid for teaching expenses, and the Ministry of Education partially won. The other illicit scholars that the Ministry of Education disposed of in 2017 have all been finalized, including the conclusion of the Supreme Court ruling, but only Suwon Taiwan is undergoing a trial. Former Suwon University president Lee In-soo’s case of embezzlement of teaching expenses, which was revealed by the court administration department of Supreme Court Chief Yang Seung-tae managed the trial, took seven years before the Supreme Court ruling. The lawsuit for damages by Professors Jang Kyung-wook and Son Byung-don, who were dismissed after whistleblowing at Suwon University, took eight years. Had requested the position of the court in charge of the reason for the resumption of pleadings through an official of the High Court, but received a reply saying that he could not reach them. On the other hand, the prosecution has not even investigated the accused for nearly 20 months in the case of the suspicion that the Chosun Ilbo bought back the stock held by Suwon University at a high price. Jeon Pil-gun, a former member of the Ministry of Education’s Private Education Innovation Committee, said, “If only the cases of the Chosun Ilbo President Bang Sang-hoon and former President Lee go to the prosecutor’s office and the court, it is too blatant even compared to general crushing.” By Oh Seung-hoon and Jo Yoon-young, staff reporter

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