Chairman Chung Mong-gyu, Lee Im-saeng, Jung Hae-sung, Park Joo-ho, Hong Myung-bo" On the 24th, the National Assembly's stylistic committee decided on witnesses

Sep 05, 2024

With the National Assembly's Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee predicting intense questions about the process of appointing the coach of the national soccer team and various controversies surrounding the Korea Badminton Association and the Korea Sports Council on the 24th, the Culture and Sports Committee held a plenary session on the 5th and voted to adopt witnesses regarding the current issues of the Korea Football Association, the Korea Sports Association, and the Korea Badminton Association under the agreement of the ruling and opposition parties.

In all three organizations, there are a total of 25 witnesses and a total of 8 witnesses. First of all, the Korea Football Association was adopted as five witnesses: Chung Mong-kyu, president of the Korea Football Association, Lee Im-saeng, technical director, Jung Hae-sung, former chairman of the Korea Power Reinforcement Committee, Park Joo-ho, former power reinforcement committee, and Hong Myung-bo, coach of the A national team.

As for the reason for the adoption of witnesses and the summary of the newspaper, Chairman Chung Mong-gyu stated 'In relation to the operation of the Football Association, the attempt to serve four consecutive terms, and the appointment of the national team coach' Director Lee Im-saeng stipulated 'Including the details and process of the interview with Coach Hong Myung-bo and the legitimacy in the process of delegating the full authority of the chairman of the Korea Power Reinforcement Committee'. Director Hong Myung-bo said, "'Check the details and process of the interview with Lee Im-saeng, the technical director, and the background of the director's acceptance' Jeong Hae-sung, former chairman of the Korea Electric Power Reinforcement Committee, was expected to answer questions about the reason for sudden resignation during the process of recommending the director of the Korea Electric Power Reinforcement Committee, and Park Joo-ho, former member of the Korea Electric Power Reinforcement Committee, was expected to confirm the internal director recommendation process and the director recommendation process after the director Lee Im-saeng was delegated authority.

Kim Dae-up, head of the technical division (checking the interview process of overseas coaches), Lee Mi-yeon, a member of the Korea Football Association's power reinforcement committee (internal coach recommendation process, director Lee Im-saeng's recommendation process after being delegated authority), sports commentator Park Moon-sung (the operation of the Korea Football Association and the appointment of the national soccer team), and Kim Hyun-soo, an executive member of the Sports Citizens' Solidarity (the operation of the Korea Football Association and the appointment of the national soccer team).

On the 24th, it was decided to summon people from the Korea Sports Council and the Badminton Korea Association as witnesses and testifiers at once to ask questions. In connection with the overall operation of the Korea Sports Association, the Korea Football Association, and the Badminton Association, Lee Ki-heung, Yoon Sung-wook, the secretary general, Kim Jong-soo, and Chung Dong-guk, the vice president of Jincheon National Training Center, Jang Jae-geun (in connection with the association's violation of the Korea Sports Association's regulations), Kim Byung-chul, the chairman of the Sports Fair Committee (in connection with the operation of the Korea Sports Council and the Sports Fair Committee), Jeong Kang-sun, the head of the Paris Olympic Team (in connection with the operation of the Paris Olympic team), and Kim Seung-gon. Regarding the operation of the Korean Sports Council, Kim Ki-han, a professor of physical education at Seoul National University, was adopted as a reference.

Regarding a series of controversies related to the Badminton Korea Association, Kim Jong-woong (operating the association, attracting sponsorship product payback, attracting sponsors), Chairman Kim Taek-kyu (operating the association, selecting national teams, selecting sponsorship products payback, player management), Vice Chairman Kim Joong-soo (national team selection, player management), Medical Committee Chairman Jeon Myung-sup (related to athletes' injury management, player dental treatment), Secretary-General Han Woo-gu (operating the association, sponsorship product payback, handling executives' travel expenses, using their own budget, etc.), Business Federation Chairman Jeon Young-hoon (operating the athletes'

Hong Seong-gil, president of the Gwangju Badminton Association (about approval of the board of directors of Yonex sponsored shoe regulations), Gil Young-ah, director of badminton at Samsung Life Insurance (player support, injury management), and Cha Yoon-sook, director of the Korea Badminton Association (director of Pocheon City Hall, revision of player management regulations), were selected and summoned.

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