
An election that may be played out more in court than at the ballot box. A candidate for his own succession as president of the South Korean Olympic Committee, Lee Kee-heung lost a battleon Friday. Already dismissed by the Seoul Administrative Court in December, he has lost on appeal before Seoul High Court. Lee has been working hard to stay in a position to run for re-election since the Sports Ministry announced his intention to suspended for several abuses, including irregular hiring and embezzlement. He now promises to take the case to the Supreme Court. "I am under attack on all fronts. They have pushed me into my entrenchments with no way out, he denounces. I have worked tirelessly for this organization and I won't leave without a fight. » The election, scheduled for Tuesday, January 14, is all the more uncertain as several voters have called for its cancellation, invoking a risk of attacks on the integrity of the vote.