Morse Tan at an early voting booth in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi, on May 29. [NEWS!]
Morse Tan, a Korean American professor accused of defaming President Lee Jae Myung, has asked a Seoul court to invalidate a travel ban imposed on him by the Justice Ministry, judicial officials said Tuesday.
Tan filed a lawsuit with the Seoul Administrative Court on Monday seeking to overturn the ministry's exit ban on him and requested a suspension of its execution, the officials said.
Tan is suspected of having defamed the Korean president by spreading false information about him, claiming during an event in Washington last year that Lee had been involved in a gang rape and murder of a girl during his youth, and that he was sent to a juvenile detention center.
He is also known for making claims of election fraud in Korea, including his earlier argument that the last presidential election here was rigged. Tan, dean of Liberty University School of Law, formerly served as U.S. ambassador-at-large for global criminal justice under the first Donald Trump administration.
