PPP lawmaker to seek court injunction over party membership suspension
Rep. Jin Jong-oh of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) said Thursday he will file for a court injunction to suspend disciplinary action taken against him for supporting an independent candidate in a parliamentary by-election. The move came after the PPP ethics committee handed Jin a two-year suspension of his party membership for supporting independent candidate Han Dong-hoon for a…
People Power Party (PPP) lawmaker Jin Jong-oh plans to seek a court injunction to overturn his two-year suspension from the party. The suspension was imposed by the PPP's ethics committee after he supported an independent candidate in a parliamentary by-election in Busan, despite the PPP candidate running in the same district. Jin argues that the grounds for the disciplinary action were not sufficiently proven and that the process was not carried out lawfully or fairly.
He also faces a separate disciplinary action for insensitive remarks about a victim of a roundhouse kick assault case.
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