Candidate Oh Seok-jun said, “I have never made false statements regarding my acquaintance with President Yoon Seok-yeol.”
Candidate Oh issued a statement today and reiterated, “During the personnel hearing, I told the truth regarding my acquaintance with the president.”
He added, “At the hearing, I answered honestly that I only met two or three times with the president for regarding four years and six months from around 2015 to July 2019, and among them, I remember meeting him twice at a cafe in Seocho-dong.”
Candidate Oh said, “Independence, neutrality and fairness are life-giving values for judges. I will do my best only for the trial while looking at the situation.”
Earlier, at the National Assembly’s personnel hearing held on the 29th, the issue of acquaintance with President Yoon was intensively discussed. I had no choice but to go,” he replied, saying that he had not met President Yoon very well recently.