Pro-government supporters hold signs with pictures of Justice Minister Cho Kuk, before a rally supporting Cho in front of Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019. Photo Credit: TheWashingtonPost

South Korea’s recently appointed justice minister, Cho Kuk resigned on Monday saying a graft scandal swirling around his family had become a political burden for President Moon Jae-in’s government.

Since his appointment on Sept.9, there have been street protests against Cho, due to investigations mounted by prosecutors into his family’s financial investments and the university admissions of his children.

Huge crowds of Cho’s supporters and critics have marched in South Korea’s capital in recent weeks, demonstrating how the months-long saga over Cho has deepened the country’s political divide.

“I decided I must not burden the President and the government with my family’s affairs anymore,” Cho said in a statement announcing his resignation.

“I believe that now is the time for me to step down so that reforming the prosecutor’s office will be completed,” he added.

Yonhap news agency reported that Cho’s wife and two children had been questioned by prosecutors several times.

On Friday, Yonhap said a “court procedure” involving Cho’s wife, a university professor with the family name Chung, was scheduled to start.

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Source:
https://36prime.com.ng/south-koreas-justice-minister-resigns-amid-scandal/

people who will always put the country and its citizens first...Best move

Not like Nigerian situations...

It will happen in Nigeria in few months time.






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BlackfireX:
It will happen in Nigeria in few months time.






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