Chung Yoo-ra
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Birth name | Chung Yoo-yeon | ||||||||||||||
Born | Seoul, South Korea | October 30, 1996||||||||||||||
Education | Chungdam High School (diploma annulled) Ewha Womans University (acceptance annulled) | ||||||||||||||
Spouse | Sin Ju-pyung 2015-2016 (Estimated) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Korean name | |||||||||||||||
Hangul | 정유라 | ||||||||||||||
Hanja | 鄭維羅 | ||||||||||||||
Revised Romanization | Jeong Yu-ra | ||||||||||||||
McCune–Reischauer | Chŏng Yu-ra | ||||||||||||||
Birth name | |||||||||||||||
Hangul | 정유연 | ||||||||||||||
Hanja | 鄭有然 | ||||||||||||||
Revised Romanization | Jeong Yu-yeon | ||||||||||||||
McCune–Reischauer | Chŏng Yu-yŏn |
Chung Yoo-ra (born Chung Yoo-yeon, 30 October 1996) is a South Korean equestrian.[1] She competed in the 2014 Asian Games, where her team won a gold medal.[2]
She is a daughter of Choi Soon-sil,[3][4] who has been arrested amid the 2016 South Korean political scandal for using her friendship with the president Park Geun-hye to illegally interfere in the state affairs, and solicit business donations from top South Korean firms, including Samsung, for a non-profit fund she controlled.[5]
Legal issues
During the investigations of the 2016 South Korean political scandal, Chung Yoo-ra's admission to Ewha Womans University has been cancelled due to "preferential treatment in admissions and grading".[6][7][8] Her high school diploma has been cancelled as well due to falsified high school records.[9]
In December 2016, South Korea put out an arrest warrant for Chung Yoo-ra for charges including obstruction of justice, after she refused to return from Germany to attend a parliamentary inquiry into her role in the scandal.[10] The South Korean government announced that it would invalidate her passport and seek her arrest and extradition from Germany.[10] The South Korean government also sought the help of Interpol to track her down.[11] On January 1st 2017, she was arrested in Aalborg, Denmark after a tip from South Korean journalists who had tracked her.[12][11]
The German Federal Police are investigating Chung Yoo-ra and her mother for money laundering involving assets estimated at more than 1 billion US dollars. [13][11] [14][11][15]
References
- ^ "Yoora Chung". fei.org. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
- ^ Park, Sojung (20 September 2014). "S. Korea wins gold in team dressage equestrian at Asiad". Yonhap. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
- ^ 8:12 AM ET (2016-10-29). "Swirling Scandal Involving Shamanistic Cult Threatens South Korean President Park Geun-hye : The Two-Way". NPR. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Kim, Oi-hyun (3 December 2014). "Pres. Park's former aide and his wife may be at the center of ongoing scandal". The Hankyoreh. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
- ^ "South Korea scandal: President Park's friend Choi detained - BBC News". Bbc.com. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
- ^ "Chung Yoo-ra's admission to Ewha to be canceled". koreatimes. 2016-11-18. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
- ^ Herald, The Korea (2016-11-18). "Chung illegally admitted to Ewha University: ministry". Retrieved 2016-11-28.
- ^ "Prosecutors raid university over influence-peddling scandal". koreatimes. 2016-11-22. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
- ^ "Choi Soon-sil's daughter stripped of high school diploma". koreatimes. 2016-12-05. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
- ^ a b "What we know about Chung Yoo Ra, daughter of key figure in South Korea's corruption scandal involving President Park". The Straits Times. 23 December 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
- ^ a b c d "South Korea scandal: Daughter of Choi Soon-sil arrested". BBC News. 2 January 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
- ^ "South Korean woman detained by Danish police". Mynewsdesk. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
- ^ "PD Report Tracking down Chung Yoo-Ra Runaway Footsteps in German". Sports Kyung Hyang. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
- ^ "German Police keep investigating Chung Yoo Ra Money Laundering Case in German". MBC. Retrieved 2017-01-04.
- ^ "(LEAD) Danish court extends detention of daughter of woman at center of Korean scandal". English.yonhapnews.co.kr. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
External links
- Yoora CHUNG (and here) at FEI
- South Korean dressage riders
- South Korean female equestrians
- Equestrians at the 2014 Asian Games
- Asian Games medalists in equestrian
- Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea
- Ewha Womans University alumni
- Sportspeople from Seoul
- 1996 births
- Living people
- People associated with the 2016 South Korean political scandal
- Equestrian biography stubs
- South Korean sportspeople stubs
- Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games