Article: Opposition Lawmaker Punished for Voting Against Party Line.

SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Yonhap) -- Opposition lawmaker Kim Hong-shin was put on eight-month probation Monday for voting against the party line, preventing him from running on the party ticket at next April's generation election.Kim refused to appear at Grand National Party (GNP) disciplinary committee meeting to defend himself. The main opposition GNP decided to suspend Kim's membership rights for eight months until May 14 next year.During that period, Kim is barred from taking part in legislators' meetings or participating in the decision-making process, and he cannot be ...

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