‘Human Rights Lawyer’ Ruling Party Candidate Embroiled in Controversy over Defense of Child Sex Offender… Supreme Council and Reconsideration Committee at Odds

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The leadership of the Democratic Party of Korea is grappling with the controversy surrounding a Seoul district mayoral candidate who has a history of defending sex offenders. The candidate declared his candidacy ahead of the June 3 local elections, stating that he had "worked as a local human rights lawyer," but it has been revealed that he had defended perpetrators of various sex crimes over the past several years.