A view of the main gate of Seoul National University. /Courtesy of News1

A current Seoul National University professor has been handed over to prosecutors on suspicion of molesting a student he advised.

According to police on the 14th, the Gwanak Police Station in Seoul referred Seoul National University professor A without detention to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office on June 16 on suspicion of indecent act by abuse of occupational authority.

A is accused of making physical contact and demanding skinship from graduate student B, whom A advised, near Sillim Station in Gwanak District on Mar. in Gwanak District.

B is said to have said that it was difficult to refuse A's demands and complied.

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