Politics · South Korea · 11 hrs ago
Former South Korean lawmaker referred to prosecutors over daughter's university hiring
South Korean police referred former lawmaker Yoo Seong-min and three university officials to prosecutors over allegations linked to the hiring of Yoo's daughter.
The case concerns her appointment as a professor in the trade department at Incheon National University, in Incheon, in the second semester of last year.
Police suspect the four obstructed the university's recruitment process.
The university president and two professors also face allegations of improper solicitation under South Korea's Improper Solicitation and Graft Act.
Investigators said they found no evidence that the officials received money or valuables.
Yoo's daughter was questioned in writing but was not named as a suspect because police found no evidence of criminal activity by her.
The prosecution will consider the case, and the referrals were made without detention; the sources do not say what decision prosecutors will make.
Police referred former opposition lawmaker Yoo Seong-min and three Incheon National University officials to prosecutors over allegations of preferential treatment in hiring his daughter as a professor.
The four were sent without detention on charges of obstruction of business.
The university president and two professors also face charges under the Improper Solicitation and Graft Act.
Police said investigators found no evidence that the three officials accepted money or valuables.
Yoo’s daughter was questioned in writing but was not named as a suspect because police found no evidence of criminal activity.
- Who
- Former lawmaker Yoo Seong-min, Incheon National University President Lee In-jae and two university professors.
- What
- Police referred the four to prosecutors over alleged obstruction of business in the hiring of Yoo’s daughter. The president and professors also face charges under the Improper Solicitation and Graft Act.
- When
- Police announced the referrals on Oct. 16, 2026. The alleged hiring was in the second semester of last year.
- Where
- Incheon National University, South Korea.
- Why
- Police suspect the four obstructed the university’s recruitment process and suspect the president and professors received improper solicitations concerning the hiring.
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Police began investigating the allegations.
Yoo’s daughter was hired as a faculty member in the university’s trade department.
Police announced that Yoo and three university officials had been referred to prosecutors.
- People referred
- Yoo Seong-min, Lee In-jae and two Incheon National University professors
- Referral status
- Sent to prosecutors without detention
- Main charge
- Obstruction of business
- Additional charge
- Improper Solicitation and Graft Act violations for Lee and two professors
- Daughter’s position
- Faculty member in the trade department
- Daughter’s age
- 32