IOC member Y.S. Park has his suspension lifted. (ATR) IOC member Yong Sung Park of South Korea has had his suspension lifted and a reprimand delivered to him over his involvement in a corporate fraud case in Korea for which he pleaded guilty.
Park, who is also president of the International Judo Federation, was suspended by the IOC in February 2006, shortly after he was sentenced to a suspended jail term and fined by a Korean court.
Earlier this year Park received an amnesty from the President of Korea, paving the way for the IOC Ethics Commission to conclude its examination of his file.
Along with a reprimand, the commission recommended that Park be banned from serving on any commissions for the next five years.
The reinstatement makes Park eligible to vote in the IOC Session in Guatemala City. But as a member in Korea, he will not be able to cast a vote in the race for the 2014 host city as long as PyeongChang is a candidate.
Park, 66, has served on the IOC since 2002.
An IOC spokeswoman says with the closing of the Park file, there are no active inquiries before the Ethics Commission.
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