Ex-Lawmaker Referred to Prosecution over Daughter’s Appointment as Professor

Former opposition lawmaker Yoo Seong-min and three university officials have been referred to the prosecution for possible indictment over allegations of preferential treatment in the hiring of Yoo's daughter as a professor by Incheon National University (INU). The Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency stated that Yoo, INU President Lee In-jae, and two INU professors were sent to the prosecution without detention on charges of obstruction of business and violating the Improper Solicitation and Graft Act.

The four are suspected of obstructing the university's recruitment process when Yoo's daughter, Yoo Dam, 32, was hired as a faculty member in its trade department in the second semester of last year. Lee and the two professors are also suspected of receiving improper solicitations concerning the hiring of Yoo's daughter, although investigators found no evidence that they had accepted money or valuables.

The police investigation began in November of the previous year and also questioned Yoo's daughter in writing but did not book her as a suspect after failing to identify any evidence of criminal activity.

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