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Woo Jong-soo, the 55-year-old chief of the Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency, was tapped by President Yoon Suk Yeol as the new head of the National Office of Investigation Monday.
The announcement came a month after the previous nominee Chung Sun-sin, a former prosecutor, stepped down after it was revealed that his son bullied a classmate in high school.
The government must improve the screening system so as not to damage the fairness and common sense the president enthusiastically championed.
The newly appointed chief of the National Office of Investigation (NOI) declined to take up the position a day before the start date after a case against his son years earlier came to light.
Korea JoongAng Daily Sitemap