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Ex-Supreme Court justice joins Park camp

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By Kang Hyun-kyung
  • Published Aug 27, 2012 4:39 pm KST
  • Updated Aug 27, 2012 4:39 pm KST

By Kang Hyun-kyung

Rep. Park Geun-hye, the ruling Saenuri Party presidential candidate, appointed Ahn Dae-hee, a former Supreme Court justice, to head a committee for political reform, Monday.

The current leading presidential candidate also appointed the heads and members of three other key committees within her camp. Kim Jong-in, a former lawmaker and senior presidential secretary, was tapped as chairman of the committee to craft campaign pledges in the economic and welfare sectors.

Park’s naming of Ahn to overhaul the