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Amid the controversy, a storm continues in the sports world over Might & Main CEO Choi Cheol-won who was elected president of the Korea Ice Hockey Association.

In the political world, even the ‘Choi Ban Law won by the school’ has been proposed.

This is Jo Eun-ji.

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A civic sports group, which brought together just four people amid social distancing, raised their voices not to approve of Choi Cheol-won as president of the Korea Ice Hockey Association.

[이두찬 / 문화연대 활동가 : 반사회적 파렴치한 일을 해도 돈 들고 오면 아무나 체육단체장이 될 수 있다는 것인가!]

In the political world, the so-called ‘Choi Cheol-won Prohibition Law’ has been proposed.

The main objective is to ensure that people criminally sanctioned for antisocial or unethical behavior cannot become heads of sports organizations in the future.

As it is difficult to apply retrospectively, he lobbied to prepare a petition for the National Human Rights Commission and a resolution against the National Assembly to prevent Choi from taking office.

[안민석 / 더불어민주당 의원 : 소낙비만 피해서 가면 1월에 대한체육회장 선거 마치고 취임하면 되지 않겠느냐는 착각을 이 시간부터 거두시길 바랍니다.]

The CEO, Cheol-won Choi, is a cousin of SK President Choi Tae-won, and was a person who received a probation for assault for hitting a truck driver 10 years ago and handing over more than 20 million won as’ half price’.

Although best known as the subject of the movie ‘Veteran’, he was elected president of the Ice Hockey Association last week, promising substantial financial support such as the establishment of an unemployment team and the expansion of exclusive facilities.

The Korea Sports Association stipulates that a person who has caused ‘social controversy’ cannot become an executive, but it is a somewhat ambiguous standard, so the interpretation is divided.

In fact, SK President Choi Tae-won was sentenced to four years in prison for embezzlement from Hoesatdon, but he is also the director of the Handball Association.

Former Democratic Party legislator Jang Young-dal was fined 5 million won for violating the Public Officials Election Law, but is running for the sports venue election.

[장영달 / 대한체육회장 출마(前 국회의원) : 페어플레이 정신으로 정정당당하게 정책을 얘기하고 체육인의 지지를 받는 방법으로 해야 하는 겁니다.]

In a changing era, the ‘double standard controversy’ overlaps with the strict level of public attention, so it seems that there will inevitably be noise for the time being about whether or not Choi will be approved.

YTN Cho Eunji[[email protected]]is.

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