Mos Tan (Korean name Dan Hyun-myung), a U.S. Liberty University professor accused of defaming President Lee Jae-myung, has filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn a travel ban imposed by the Ministry of Justice.
According to legal sources on the 2nd, Tan filed a lawsuit on the 1st with the Seoul Administrative Court to cancel the travel ban and applied for a stay of execution. The administrative court will hold a hearing on the stay of execution at 6:30 p.m. that day. Tan served as ambassador-at-large for war crimes issues at the U.S. State Department during former President Donald Trump's first administration.
Tan, a Korean American, entered the country on the 28th ahead of the June 3 local elections. The purpose was to monitor and verify Korea's "election fraud." On the 1st, Tan held a press conference and claimed that "election fraud is rampant in Korea." Hwang Kyo-ahn, the Liberty and Innovation candidate running in the Pyeongtaek-B by-election in Gyeonggi, and Jeon Han-gil attended the event.
Earlier, Tan claimed that "China interfered in Korea's election fraud" and spread conspiracy theories defaming the president.
Police directly ordered Tan at the airport upon entry to "appear on May 29." Tan submitted a written statement explaining his absence and a motion to recuse the investigator. When Tan did not comply with the summons, police, judging there was a risk of flight, requested a travel ban from the Ministry of Justice.