Lawyer Byeong-cheol Lee, legal representative of the deans of 40 medical schools nationwide and the National Association of Medical School Professors.
[메디게이트뉴스 하경대 기자] On the 9th, the National Association of Medical Professors reported Education Minister Lee Joo-ho, Vice Education Minister Oh Seok-hwan and North Chungcheong Province Governor Kim Young-hwan, suspected of having illegally appointed The Director of Health and Welfare Bureau of Chungcheongbuk-do Provincial Office attends the meeting of the assignment committee at the Criminal Investigation Bureau of senior civil servants for obstruction of official duties.
If the crime of obstructing official functions through fraud is established, a prison sentence of up to 5 years or a fine of up to 10 million won is applied pursuant to Article 137 of the Criminal Law.
According to previous media reports, Choi Seung-hwan, director of the Health and Welfare Bureau of the Chungcheongbuk-do provincial office, was included in the medical school’s quota allocation committee.
However, the medical community is in the position that if a person with shared interests, such as local government officials, participates in the allocation committee, the objectivity, neutrality, and reliability of the allocation committee’s decisions will be lost.
Lawyer Byeong-cheol Lee (Chanjong Law Firm), legal representative of the medical community, said: “On the 30th of last month, the Seoul High Court requested the submission of all materials, including minutes and lists of the allocation committee meetings that served as the basis for allocating places to medical schools. This means that the allocation criteria are based on the human and material resources of each university “This is to adequately understand the state of the structure and reveal whether this was done,” he explained.
Lawyer Lee said: “According to the court’s request, the government must submit the minutes of the allocation committee meetings. The minutes specify whether the members of the allocation committee are neutral and professional, whether there are interested parties, what criteria of allocation were given to the committee and information on the 40 universities, he stressed: “The current state of the facilities and whether the educational conditions have been accurately identified are recorded.”
He continued: “If the Minister of Education appoints a person with the same interests as an official of the North Chungcheong Province Office when selecting members of the assignment committee, the objectivity, neutrality and reliability of the decision of the assignment committee will be lost. This means that a thief will participate in the trial as a judge.” “It’s how to do it,” she criticized her sharply.
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