(ATR) A new round of legal action means the ethics case of South Korean IOC member Dae Sung Moon is moved to the back burner.
Around the Rings is told by the IOC that the filing of a lawsuit by Moon last month that challenges the findings of a university inquiry pronouncing him guilty of plagiarism prevents the IOC Ethics Commission from proceeding any further.
In 2012, Moon was accused by Kookmin University of copying material that he used for his doctoral dissertation.
Moon has denied plagiarism and says the accusations he faces are based on politics.
Moon, a gold medalist in tae kwon do at the Athens Olympics, was elected to the IOC Athletes Commission in 2008. His eight-year term also includes IOC membership.
When the charges were made against Moon in 2012, the Ethics Commission briefly opened a file, then put it on the shelf as the university pursued its case against him. Earlier this year, the university confirmed its ruling against Moon, opening the IOC inquiry once again. But now Moon is suing the university to restore the doctoral degree stripped from him with the ruling.
As long as that lawsuit is still in play, the IOC Ethics Commission will not take any action.
Written by Ed Hula
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