Morse Tan, a professor at Liberty University who has raised allegations of election fraud, visits an early voting station in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi, ahead of the June 3 local elections on May 29. [NEWS1]
Police are seeking to prevent Morse Tan, a professor at Liberty University and former U.S. ambassador-at-large for global criminal justice, from leaving Korea over an investigation into his alleged defamation of President Lee Jae Myung.
The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency requested that the Ministry of Justice ban Tan from leaving Korea claiming he posed a flight risk after Tan failed to comply with a summons to appear for questioning related to the defamation accusation, according to police on Monday.
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Tan is accused of defaming President Lee by spreading false claims that Lee was involved in a murder case as a teenager and was subsequently sent to a juvenile detention center.
