Seoul: Former minor party leader Cho Kuk will be granted a special presidential pardon on the occasion of Liberation Day, the justice ministry said Monday, cutting short his two-year prison term over charges in connection with his daughter.
According to Yonhap News Agency, the pardon will be carried out on Liberation Day, which falls on Friday, marking the Lee Jae Myung administration’s first series of special pardons since he took office in early June. Cho, who formerly headed the Rebuilding Korea Party and had served as a justice minister in 2019, is currently serving a two-year prison term following a conviction on academic fraud charges involving his daughter and unlawful interference with a government inspection.
Cho was on a list of more than 830,000 people who will receive special pardons, according to the ministry.