
It is controversial because Pusan National University has not disclosed the details of the measures taken to the Ministry of Education, the daughter of former Justice Minister Cho Kook, who is suspected of fraudulent admission to a medical school.
According to Pusan National University on the 23rd, at the request of the Ministry of Education, a plan for action was submitted regarding Cho’s admission to medical personnel. The Ministry of Education sent an official letter to Pusan National University on the 8th, instructing him to prepare necessary procedures, including investigation of the facts of the alleged fraudulent admission of Mr. Cho. Deputy Prime Minister Yu Eun-hye and Minister of Education said, “If the Busan University plan is submitted, we will see if the procedure will proceed as planned. If it is not appropriate or it is determined that guidance and supervision are necessary, we plan to exercise the authority we have as Minister of Education.
However, Pusan National University is criticizing the contents of the action plan, saying that’privacy is the principle’. Pusan National University said, “It is difficult for the university, which is a lower level institution, to first disclose the documents reported to the Ministry of Education in the form of official letters, such as the action plan. .

Cho’s mother, Dongyang University professor Jeong Gyeong-shim, was indicted in December of last year on charges related to Cho’s entrance examination and private equity investment, and was sentenced to four years in prison in the first trial. The Seoul Central District Law admitted guilty to “the fact of counterfeiting is fully acknowledged” in relation to the issue of forgery of the citation of the president of Dongyang University, which has become an issue. In 2014, Mr. Cho applied for a medical practitioner at Pusan National University, received a service award from the president of Tong Yang University, and submitted a self-introduction letter stating that he completed an internship at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) and finally passed. Cho passed the national examination for doctors in January of this year and is known to be working as an intern at a hospital in Seoul.
In the Pusan National University student community, “I don’t even expect to cancel admission,” and “Why don’t you cancel admission because evidence was admitted at the first trial?”
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