The ethics panel of the ruling Democratic Party on Thursday issued a warning to Rep. Choi Min-hee for accepting cash gifts from state agencies under her oversight on the occasion of her daughter’s wedding. Choi came under scrutiny after she held her daughter’s wedding at the National Assembly during an annual parliamentary audit period in October last year. The wedding drew criticism after it was revealed that she accepted cash gifts, reportedly as high as 1 million won ($696), from officials at government agencies and companies under her committee’s parliamentary oversight. Choi is the chair of the National Assembly’s Science, ICT, Broadcasting and Communications Committee. In South Korea, it is customary for wedding guests to give cash to the newlyweds as gifts. The party ethics panel concluded Choi violated the duty of decency, issuing a “warning,” the lowest of its four-level disciplinary measures. The panel is expected to report the decision to the party’s supreme council as early as Friday for final confirmation.
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