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Moon sues Kookmin over doctorate
'논문표절' 문대성, 국민대 상대 학위취소 무효訴
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By Jung Min-ho

Moon Dae-sung
Moon Dae-sung
Moon Dae-sung, a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and lawmaker of President Park Geun-hye's Saenuri Party, has sued Kookmin University over his canceled Ph. D.

Regardless of the outcome, the legal action will likely save Moon's status with the IOC, where he is to serve on the athletes' council until 2016.

Following a two-year investigation, Kookmin concluded in February that Moon's 2007 thesis was plagiarized and took away his degree in sports psychology on March 6.

According to officials from the Seoul-based school, Monday, Moon filed a lawsuit against Kookmin in the Seoul Northern District Court on March 18.

''We received notification from the court on April 2 and we are still discussing how to respond to it,'' a school official said.

"It is a nullification suit against the school's decision to revoke his degree. We cannot reveal any more detailed information at this point."

Moon's representatives refused to comment. Moon, who won a gold medal at the Athens Olympics in taekwondo, recently rejoined the conservative Saenuri Party, which he was kicked out of in 2012 when the plagiarism accusations first emerged.

Moon's disputed paper, "Effect of Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation on Flexibility and Isokinetic Muscle Strength in Taekwondo Practitioners," is flagrant as a cut-and-paste job with him even Xeroxing factual errors and misspellings of the original content.

Kookmin does not doubt that it is favored to win its court battle against Moon. But Moon will be able to extend the litigation just long enough to keep his post in the IOC.

The IOC conducted its own probe into Moon's academic credentials before shelving it in December, citing the lack of a conclusive statement from Kookmin. IOC President Thomas Bach then said the ethics committee investigation could be reopened if "new elements emerge."

It now looks as if the IOC procrastinated on Moon's issue just long enough to avoid doing anything about it. Kookmin confirmed that it sent its investigation report on Moon to the IOC on March 27, but the sporting body is seemingly pretending it has never seen the document.

IOC spokesman Andrew Mitchell said, "We understand that Mr. Moon has appealed the decision of the university in front of the Korean court. Until there is a ruling, we have no further comment to make."

This means, presumably, the IOC will likely keep the issue under wraps until Moon's term in the IOC ends in two years, considering that legal disputes usually takes several years to finish before the Supreme Court if neither party bows out.

Angered by a lack of proper response from the Saenuri Party and Moon, members of Saha Grass Roots Network, a civic group in Moon's legislative district in Busan, plan to sue him for violating the Election Law by the end of the month.

"During his campaign, he lied that he did not plagiarize. We are in talks with a lawyer about how to take legal action against him," a member of the group said. "We gave him a deadline, which is April. 15. We will take the issue to the court on April 25 at the latest."


'논문표절' 문대성, 국민대 상대 학위취소 무효訴

논문 표절로 박사학위가 취소된 새누리당 문대성(38) 의원이 국민대를 상대로 취소 무효 소송을 제기한 것으로 확인됐다.

14일 서울북부지법에 따르면 문 의원은 '논문이 표절이 아니며, 학위 취소 역시 철회돼야 한다'는 취지로 지난달 18일 학교법인 국민학원 김채겸 이사장을 상대로 박사학위 취소 처분 무효확인 소송을 제기했다.

앞서 국민대 연구윤리위원회는 지난 2월 표절 논란에 휘말린 문 의원의 박사 논문에 대해 본 조사를 벌여 문제의 논문이 '심각한 표절'에 해당한다고 확정 결론을 내렸다.

이에 따라 문 의원의 박사 학위도 취소됐으며 국민대 측은 국제올림픽윈원회(IOC)에도 결과를 통보한 상태다.

문 의원의 이번 소송 제기에 대해 일각에서는 국제올림픽위원회(IOC) 조사 재개를 앞두고 '시간 끌기'라는 비판이 일고 있다.

앞서 2012년부터 문 의원의 논문 표절 문제를 조사해왔던 IOC는 작년 말 '학교 측의 결정을 기다리고 있다'며 조사를 잠정 중단했다가 최근 자체 조사를 재개한 것으로 전해졌다.

이에 따라 문 의원이 위원 자격을 유지하기 위한 수단으로 소송을 제기했다는 해석이다.

실제로 IOC는 자체적으로 최종 조사 결론이 날 때까지 위원 자격을 유지하도록 규정하고 있다. 문 의원의 IOC 위원 임기는 오는 2016년까지다.

국민대 관계자는 'IOC 위원 자리를 유지하기 위해 대법원까지 이번 소송을 끌고가려는 것으로 받아들이고 있다'며 '변호사 선임 등을 통해 법적으로 대응할 것'이라고 말했다.

사건은 북부지법 제12민사부에 배당돼 전자 소송 절차로 변론이 진행될 예정이다. (연합뉴스)
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