A fine of 10 months shall be imposed on a violation of each Act of Election of Public Offices in the judgment of the defendant, and a fine of 3.

Punishment of the crime

[2016 Gohap 42]

1. The Defendant in violation of the Public Official Election Act is a reporter affiliated with D Co., Ltd. E (hereinafter “E”), and F is a candidate for the H party in G constituency in the 20th National Assembly interest for the 19th National Assembly member.

A. The Defendant increased the number of journalists who prepare articles unfavorable to him/her by accusation, and “the citizen does not want F.” on the website (I) around September 13, 2015, for the purpose of preventing F from winning the 20th National Assembly election, which will be held on April 13, 2016, and “the change rate of National Assembly members in the G constituency as a result of the public opinion poll on the current change rate of National Assembly members” prepared by E was more than 51.4% higher than that of G constituency average (48.5%), on the ground that the public opinion poll results were distorted reports, and that the G Election Commission’s “the demand for compliance with the Election Act” was made on the 20th election campaign site, which is a candidate for the same offense, and that there was no suspicion of violation of the Act on the 20th election campaign official’s notification on the 20th election campaign official’s report on the 20th election campaign site.”

B. The Defendant is unable to win the F.