[Defendant A] The above defendant shall be punished by imprisonment for six months.

However, for two years from the date this judgment becomes final and conclusive, the above sentence shall be executed.

Punishment of the crime

1. Defendant A is a person who held office as the head of the election campaign office in the election campaign office of a candidate E, who held the 7th nationwide local election from May 31, 2018 to June 12, 2018.

No person shall publish or have another person publish or publish false facts about support, etc. from a specific person or specific organization in favor of a candidate by means of a speech, broadcast, newspaper, communications, magazine, poster, propaganda document, etc., with the intention of getting elected or having another person elected.

Nevertheless, on May 31, 2018, the Defendant held an appearance in the E candidate’s election office located in North Korea F in the G Federation as of May 31, 2018, the Defendant held a gathering of support from the E branch, Q, K, L, M, N,O, the branch of the “P Association” Q, the head of the “R farming association” S, the head of the “V agricultural association” partnership, the head of the secretariat of the “X” association, the head of the “X” association, the head of the “EA”, the “Z organization,” and the “Y” report that contains 14 persons, including H, to deliver the list to the AB press and the AC press reporters on June 1, 2018 and to enable them to appear in the press on June 4, 2018.

Accordingly, the above defendant published false facts about the support of a specific person in favor of the candidate E in the newspaper for the purpose of getting elected.

2. Defendants B and C from January 1, 2015, to the present date, Defendant B is a person working as the head of Gyeongbuk AD, and Defendant C is a person working as the head of Gyeongbuk AE village.

The head of a Tong/Ri/Dong and the members of a residents' autonomous council established in an Eup/Myeon/Dong residents' autonomous council shall not carry out an election campaign.

Nevertheless, on May 31, 2018, the above Defendants shall attend the E support meeting held by the E candidate’s election office around 09:30 on May 31, 2018, and shall be accompanied by members of the 18 member organizations, such as X federation AF.