Defendant shall be punished by a fine of KRW 5,000,000.

When the defendant does not pay the above fine, 100,000 won.

Punishment of the crime

In relation to the 19th presidential election implemented on May 9, 2017, the defendant was a person who was working as the chairperson of the joint election countermeasure committee for D candidates belonging to the above political party in Busan City of a political party.

No person may provide any money, valuables or other benefits in connection with the election campaign, regardless of the pretext such as allowances, actual expenses, other compensation for volunteers, except for the case of providing allowances, actual expenses, and other benefits under the Election of Public Officials

1. A. On May 8, 2017, the Defendant: (a) ordered F and G to carry out a SNS election campaign (from April 30, 2017 to May 5, 2017) at the office of political party C of the 9th floor of the building in Busan Dong-gu, Busan for six days; (b) however, the Defendant provided KRW 8,40,000 in total by remitting KRW 30,000 in cash as allowances for actual expenses, even though he/she did not report to the competent election management commission as an election officer, and did not pay allowances to F and G, despite that he/she did not have to do so, he/she did not pay allowances.

B. On May 8, 2017, around 23:35, the Defendant: (a) ordered H to carry out a video editing work for an election campaign (from April 29, 2017 to May 5, 2017) for seven days; (b) however, even though the competent election management commission did not report as an election clerk, the Defendant wired KRW 4.9 million to that person for allowances, as actual expenses, notwithstanding the fact that the Defendant could not pay allowances.

The Defendant provided money and valuables in total of KRW 1,330,00 in connection with the election campaign without following the provisions of the Public Official Election Act.

2. On May 8, 2017, around 21:00, the Defendant completed the last election campaign for D candidates in the vicinity of the subway J Station I located in Busan Metropolitan Government, and thereafter provided approximately 30 persons, including U.S. L group members, with food equivalent to KRW 950,000, in total, under the pretext that he/she gets a know about the election campaign at the nearby K cafeteria cafeteria.

The defendant does not follow the above provisions of the Public Official Election Act in relation to election campaigns.