{
  "id": 5231224,
  "title": "PPP lawmaker to seek court injunction over party membership suspension",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/ppp-lawmaker-to-seek-court-injunction-over-party-membership-suspension-5231224",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-03T03:17:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/politics/20260903/ppp-lawmaker-to-seek-court-injunction-over-party-membership-suspension"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "People Power Party (PPP) lawmaker Jin Jong-oh plans to seek a court injunction to overturn his two-year suspension from the party. Jin's suspension was imposed by the PPP's ethics committee for supporting an independent candidate in a parliamentary by-election in Busan, despite the party fielding its own candidate in the same district. Jin argues that the grounds for disciplinary action were not adequately proven by objective facts and evidence, and that the conduct does not meet the criteria for disciplinary action under party rules. He is also appealing a separate disciplinary action taken against him for insensitive remarks about the victim of a roundhouse kick assault case.",
  "summary": "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…",
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        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "PPP lawmaker to seek court injunction over party membership suspension",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/ppp-lawmaker-to-seek-court-injunction-over-party-membership-suspension-5226254",
        "published": "2026-09-03T02:09:32.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "PPP lawmaker to seek court injunction over party membership suspension",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/ppp-lawmaker-to-seek-court-injunction-over-party-membership-suspension",
        "published": "2026-09-03T02:42:03.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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