Justice minister nominee denies illegal COVID-19 treatment lobbying allegations
Justice Minister nominee Kim Seung-won on Monday denied illegally lobbying for a COVID-19 treatment in 2021, while acknowledging he should have been more careful in his request over the medication at the time. Kim has faced accusations of unlawful solicitation for allegedly asking the then food and drug safety minister to speed up the treatment's clinical trial approval at a broker's request. "I…
Justice Minister nominee Kim Seung-won has denied allegations of illegally lobbying for a COVID-19 treatment in 2021. He acknowledged that he should have been more careful in making his request to speed up the treatment's clinical trial approval. Kim stated that he never made an illegal solicitation to the food and drug ministry, and the review was not unfairly conducted as a result. Prosecutors dropped the case against Kim after determining his request could not be definitively found as illegal solicitation.
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