A university in Seoul on Monday withdrew its decision to rehire a former parliamentary leader convicted of sexually harassing a golf caddie as a professor after the decision sparked strong protest from its students and faculty.
Park Hee-tae, who led the National Assembly from 2010 to 2012, was sentenced last month to six months in jail with a one-year suspension for inappropriately touching a female caddie several times at a golf course in Wonju, some 132 kilometers southeast of Seoul, in September. The former six-term lawmaker has appealed the ruling.