Yeo Sang-kyoo

Yeo Sang-kyoo (Korean: 여상규, born 15 September 1948)[1] is a South Korean judge, lawyer and politician. He is the incumbent Member of National Assembly for Sacheon-Namhae-Hadong, as well as the Chairman of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee.

Yeo Sang-kyoo
여상규
Member of the National Assembly
Assumed office
30 May 2012
Preceded byKang Ki-gap (Sacheon)
Himself (as Namhae-Hadong)
ConstituencySacheon-Namhae-Hadong
In office
30 May 2008  29 May 2012
Preceded byPark Hui-tae
Succeeded byHimself (as Sacheon-Namhae-Hadong)
ConstituencyNamhae-Hadong
Personal details
Born (1948-09-15) 15 September 1948
Hadong, South Gyeongsang, South Korea
CitizenshipSouth Korean
Political partyLiberty Korea
Other political
affiliations
Grand National Party (2008-2012)
Saenuri Party (2012-2016)
Bareun Party (2017)
Spouse(s)Park Hyun-sook
ChildrenYeo Jung-suk
Alma materSeoul National University
OccupationJudge, lawyer, politician

Early life and career

Born in Hadong,[2][1] Yeo was educated at Akyang Primary School, Akyang Secondary School, and Kyungnam High School.[2][1] He earned a bachelor's degree in law from Seoul National University.[2][1] After the graduation, he passed the judicial examination in 1978,[2][1] and was appointed as a judge of the Seoul Central District Court in 1980.[1][3] In 1990, he switched to the Seoul High Court and worked there for 3 years.

Yeo is also the incumbent director of the Bang Il-young Cultural Foundation since 1993.[1]

Political career

After working at several organisations, Yeo was brought to the Grand National Party (GNP), prior to the 2008 election. He was selected as an MP candidate for Namhae-Hadong,[4] replacing the incumbent Park Hui-tae. He defeated Kim Doo-kwan (Independent) and Kim Yoon-gon (FPPU).[2]

In 2012 election, Yeo ran for newly-created Sacheon-Namhae-Hadong constituency, and won the election.[5] Few months after the re-election in 2016, he left Saenuri Party[6] (Liberty Korea Party since February 2017) and joined Bareun Party. However, he returned to Liberty Korea Party on 2 May 2017 and endorsed Hong Joon-pyo for the upcoming presidential election.[7]

Controversies

On 27 January 2018, Unanswered Questions of SBS reported that Suk Dal-yoon was convicted of letting spy in 1981, where Yeo was the judge in charge.[8][9][3] In the programme, Suk's son, Suk Kwon-ho, explained that his father was tortured by the Korean Central Intelligence Agency, such as putting a ballpoint pen refill into his penis.[8][3] Following are the telephone conversation between Yeo and the programme emcee.[3]

MC: He was illegally detained for 47 days, and also tortured.

Yeo: There's no such evidences. And why are you asking about it now? Bye, I have nothing much to say.
MC: Sir, your decision ruined a person's life.
Yeo: What?
MC: Don't you wanna say sorry to him? It's true that you sentenced life imprisonment...
Yeo: Forget it, you little shit.[3]

Following his reaction, several Democratic MPs including Sohn Hye-won, Jin Sun-mee and Jung Chung-rae condemned him.[9] Jin called his reaction as "disgusting", whereas Jung criticised him as "disrespectful".[9] Kwon Sung-joo, the spokesperson of the Bareun Party, urged him to apologise.[10]

Election results

General elections

YearConstituencyPolitical partyVotes (%)Remarks
2008Namhae-HadongGNP34,874 (56.73%)Won
2012Sacheon-Namhae-HadongSP57,840 (50.30%)Won
2016Sacheon-Namhae-HadongSP59,717 (54.83%)Won

References

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