Former justice minister sentenced to prison for cheating on children's entrance exams will run for proportional representation - South Korea

Cho Kuk, the representative of the South Korean opposition party Cho Kuk Innovation Party, will run as a proportional representative in the general election for members of the National Assembly (to be held on April 10).
On the afternoon of the 11th, Chairman Cho said on Facebook, ``I applied to the party as a candidate for proportional representation.''
revealed. Chairman Cho said, ``Since I am the party's representative and also a candidate for proportional representation, there is a risk of a conflict of interest arising if I am involved in the candidate selection process.''
"I have instructed them not to report on any affairs related to the selection of representative candidates," he added. He continued, ``I request that the Proportional Representation Candidate Recommendation Committee handle this matter with all its authority and discretion.''
``I did not have to ask me about the selection and ranking of candidates for proportional representation,'' he said. Representative Cho was sentenced to prison in the first and second trials on suspicion of cheating on children's entrance exams, and is currently in the Supreme Court (Supreme Court).
), an appeal hearing is being held. If the prison sentence is confirmed by the appeal court, he will be detained and will have to spend his life in prison.