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Han Dong-hoon, left, former chief of the Individuals Energy Get together, waits to observe a movie at a movie show in Yeongdeungpo District, Seoul, Wednesday. Yonhap
The primary opposition Individuals Energy Get together (PPP) on Thursday accredited the expulsion of former social gathering chief Han Dong-hoon, marking the social gathering’s highest-level disciplinary motion towards him.
The choice was made at a gathering of the social gathering’s supreme council, which endorsed a previous ruling by the PPP’s central ethics committee to expel Han over allegations involving the manipulation of opinions on the social gathering’s on-line members’ bulletin board by members of his household.
With the choice, Han instantly misplaced his social gathering membership.
PPP spokesperson Choi Bo-yun instructed reporters after the assembly that the disciplinary measure was accredited consistent with the ethics committee’s determination.
9 social gathering officers, together with six supreme council members in addition to the social gathering chief, ground chief and coverage chief, participated within the vote. Particulars of the vote, together with the breakdown of assist and opposition, weren’t disclosed.
The expulsion was confirmed 16 days after the ethics committee introduced its ruling on Jan. 13. Han has rejected the allegations, calling the disciplinary motion “a political retaliation primarily based on fabrication,” elevating the prospect of additional political fallout.
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