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Son of Judge Genencell Who Dismissed Warrant Works at Rep. Kim Seung-Won's Office... Kim Says "Not Special Treatment"

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Choi Won-jeong = The arrest warrant for the founder of Genencell, a key figure in the 'allegations of soliciting approval for new drug clinical trials' surrounding Justice Minister nominee Kim Seung-won...

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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Choi Won-jeong = The arrest warrant for the founder of Genencell, a key figure in the 'allegations of soliciting approval for new drug clinical trials' surrounding Justice Minister nominee Kim Seung-won...

·Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
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It has been confirmed that the son of Presiding Judge Jeong, who dismissed the arrest warrant for an individual involved in the ‘COVID-19 new drug lobbying allegations’ surrounding Justice Minister nominee Kim Seung-won, worked at the nominee’s lawmaker office after the warrant was dismissed. Nominee Kim stated, “The general activities of a lawmaker intended to provide a student with experience in parliamentary affairs.

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It has been confirmed that Representative Kim Seung-won's office hired the son of Presiding Judge Jeong, with whom a past friendship controversy has been raised, as a legislative assistant. Candidate Kim's side stated that the hiring was in accordance with lawful procedures and was unrelated to the dismissal of the arrest warrant, but suspicions of preferential treatment and political controversy are spreading due to circumstances that conflict …

It has been revealed that the son of a judge who dismissed an arrest warrant for an individual involved in the "allegations of soliciting approval for new drug clinical trials" surrounding Justice Minister nominee Kim Seung-won subsequently worked as a legislative assistant in the nominee's National Assembly office. Kim's side denied allegations of "employment as a reward," stating that there is no causal relationship between the dismissal of th…

It was confirmed on the 10th that the son of Judge Jeong, a presiding judge at the Seoul Central District Court who dismissed the arrest warrant for Mr. Kang, the founder of the new drug company Genencell, worked in the office of Justice Minister nominee Kim Seung-won in 2024. Judge Jeong is the person in the "three-person selfie" taken with nominee Kim and broker Mr. Yang. Controversy over "false explanations" arose after nominee Kim's side cla…

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조선일보 broke the news on Thursday, September 10, 2026.
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