Regulations Governing the Establishment, Supervision and Management of Telecommunications Dispute Resolution Institutions Article 17

Under any of the following circumstances, a mediator shall voluntary recusal, and must not participate in such mediation:1. A mediation case involves his/her own interests or those of his/her spouse, his/her relatives within the second degree of kinship or cohabitation.2. Where a mediator himself/herself has served at the telecommunication enterprise and left that employment less than 3 years previously.3. There are specific facts sufficient to identify the biased duty performance.Upon application of the party for the recusal of a specific mediator or where there are disputes concerning whether the mediator shall be withdrawn, the mediation committee of the Institution shall decide whether the mediator is to be recused, and the Institution shall inform the mediator and the party within 3 days from the date of the resolution.The decision on the recusal in the preceding paragraph shall be approved by the consent of at least one-half of mediators. However, the mediator involved shall not participate in the voting.