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Han Dong-hoon Asks to Join Kim Seung-won Hearing: “I Still Have a Lot to Say”

From Chosun Ilbo · () Korean

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  • Independent lawmaker Han Dong-hoon asked National Assembly Speaker Cho Jung-sik and other officials to appoint him to the hearing committee for Kim Seung-won.
  • Han said he had much more to say and wanted to block the appointment of what he described as the first convicted justice minister since the provisional government.

Independent lawmaker Han Dong-hoon said he wants a seat on the hearing committee examining Kim Seung-won’s nomination, arguing that he still has much to say.

Han made the request on the morning of the 7th, before a plenary session, while speaking to reporters in the National Assembly’s Rotunda. He said he was formally asking National Assembly Speaker Cho Jung-sik and other officials to appoint him as a hearing committee member.

The nominee himself wants it that way, so I formally ask National Assembly Speaker Cho Jung-sik and the relevant officials to appoint me as a hearing committee member for the Kim Seung-won hearing.

· Han Dong-hoonHan requested appointment to the committee examining Kim Seung-won’s nomination.

“If the hearing is held, I want to prevent the first convicted justice minister since the provisional government from being created,” Han said. The source ends during his statement.

I still have a lot to say.

· Han Dong-hoonHan explained why he wanted to join the hearing committee.
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Originally published by Chosun Ilbo in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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