Newly appointed police investigation chief offers to resign over son's bullying controversy

The National Office of Investigation / Newsis

Chung Sun-sin /Yonhap

A prosecutor-turned-lawyer appointed to head the National Office of Investigation offered to resign Saturday, just a day ahead of assuming his post, amid a school bullying controversy involving his son.

Chung Sun-sin, appointed as the new chief the previous day, found himself in hot water after it was belatedly revealed that his son had verbally abused one of his peers for eight months in high school and was made to transfer to another school.

"Many have been concerned due to my son's problem, and I came to the conclusion that I cannot take on such a grave responsibility as the chief of the National Office of Investigation with this flaw," he said in a press release, expressing his willingness to "withdraw" from the post.

Chung had worked for the prosecution for about 20 years and served as the head of the Institute of Justice's branch in Yongin, 40 kilometers south of Seoul. (Yonhap)