Newly appointed police investigation chief offers to resign over son's bullying controversy

Published date25 February 2023
Publication titleThe Korea Times

The National Office of Investigation / Newsis

The National Office of Investigation / Newsis

Chung Sun-sin /Yonhap

A prosecutor-turned-lawyer appointed to head the National Office of Investigation offered to resign Saturday, just a day ahead of assuming his post, amid a school bullying controversy involving his son.

Chung Sun-sin, appointed as the new chief the previous day, found himself in hot water after it was belatedly revealed that his son had verbally abused one of his peers for eight months in high school and was made to transfer to another school.

"Many have been...

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