
It was revealed through a National Assembly personnel hearing request that Yong Hye-in, a candidate for Minister of Gender Equality and Family, had a total of four criminal records between 2014 and 2015, including two for obstructing general traffic and two for violating the law on assembly and demonstration.
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A public office candidate's past criminal record was revealed through a personnel hearing request submitted to the National Assembly.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Yulip = It was revealed that Yong Hye-in, the candidate for Minister of Gender Equality and Family, has four criminal records, including violations of the law on assemblies and protests.
According to the personnel hearing request submitted to the National Assembly on the 4th, Candidate Yong has a criminal record of two cases of obstructing general traffic and two violations of the Assembly and Demonstration Act from 2014 to 2015.
Candidate Yong was fined 200,000 won by the court on August 29, 2014 for obstructing general traffic. Seoul Dongdaemun Police Station recorded this incident on April 16 of the same year.
In addition, a case record was created for violation of the assembly and assembly law at Gwanak Police Station in Seoul on June 11, 2014, violation of assembly and assembly laws at Jongno Police Station in Seoul on April 22, 2015, and general obstruction of traffic at Seoul West Police Station on December 6, 2015.
In these cases, a fine of 1 million won each was confirmed on November 21, 2020.

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