Prosecutor-turned-lawmaker to be investigated over sexual harassment case
Social affairsMar 2, 2018
An independent team of prosecutors is to investigate Rep. Choi Gyo-il, a prosecutor-turned-lawmaker who has been accused of blocking an internal probe into a sexual harassment case involving prosecutors while he was working for the Justice Ministry back in 2010. The high-profile case, made public by female prosecutor Seo Ji-hyun in January when she disclosed the sexual harassment she experienced in 2010 in a television news program, has ignited the #MeToo movement in Korea. Many other women, es