Ministerial nominee Yong Hye-in has four convictions for protest and traffic offenses
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- South Korean ministerial nominee Yong Hye-in has four convictions dating from 2014 to 2015, according to documents submitted to the National Assembly.
- The convictions include two violations of the Assembly and Demonstration Act and two general traffic obstruction offenses, with fines of 200,000 won and 1 million won recorded.
Yong Hye-in, nominated to become South Korea's minister of Gender Equality and Family, has four criminal convictions related to protests and traffic obstruction, according to a personnel hearing request submitted to the National Assembly.
The records show two violations of the Assembly and Demonstration Act and two general traffic obstruction offenses between 2014 and 2015. A court confirmed a 200,000 won fine for general traffic obstruction on Aug. 29, 2014.
Police records for the other three cases were prepared by Seoul's Gwanak, Jongno and Seobu police stations. A court later confirmed fines of 1 million won in those three cases on Nov. 21, 2020.
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Originally published by Dong-A 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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