| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 신재민 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Sin Jaemin |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sin Jaemin |
Shin Jae-min (born 29 September 1958) is a South Korean bureaucrat. He was the former Vice Minister of Ministry of Culture,Sports and Tourism.
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 신재민 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Sin Jaemin |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sin Jaemin |
Shin Jae-min (born 29 September 1958) is a South Korean bureaucrat. He was the former Vice Minister of Ministry of Culture,Sports and Tourism.
He made a controversial statement of mentioning that the President of South Korea has a legal rights to fire the top executive of the Korean Broadcasting System on 5 July 2008. [1]
Shin was the subject of the confirmation hearing around late August 2010 for his actions of illegally speculating in real estate,money-laundering,registering over phony resident address;earning his nickname "corruption department store". [2] [3]
On November 28,2011,the Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office arrested Shin for bribery charges from a lobbying incident that involved Lee Kuk-chul,chairman of the shipbuilding company,SLS Group. [4] [5] [6]
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