Yong Hye-in has four convictions for obstructing traffic and violating assembly law
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- South Korean ministerial nominee Yong Hye-in has four convictions recorded between 2014 and 2015.
- The convictions involved two cases of obstructing traffic and two violations of the law on assemblies and demonstrations.
- Courts finalized fines of 200,000 won in one case and 1 million won in each of the other three cases.
Yong Hye-in, South Korea’s nominee for minister of gender equality and family, has four past convictions related to obstructing traffic and violations of the law on assemblies and demonstrations.
The records appeared in a confirmation hearing request submitted to the National Assembly on Sept. 4. They cover incidents recorded between 2014 and 2015.
A 200,000-won fine for obstructing traffic became final in August 2014. The case was recorded by Seoul’s Dongdaemun Police Station on April 16 that year. The other records involved assembly-law violations recorded by Gwanak and Jongno police stations, as well as another traffic-obstruction case recorded by Seobu Police Station.
Courts finalized 1 million-won fines for each of those three cases in November 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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