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1. The crime No. 2 of the judgment of the defendant A and the defendant B
(a) rule out each fine of KRW 4,000,000 for the offence;
Reasons
Criminal facts (Defendant A, Defendant B)
1. All facts;
A. Defendant A’s career and status of the Defendants came from the 6th nationwide local election conducted on June 4, 2014 to the K market candidate for J Party at the east local election, and was elected, and served as the K market from July 1, 2014.
Defendant
B was appointed as a public official in Grade A in charge of the 6th nationwide local election, and was appointed as a public official in Grade VII in special service in the K View Policy Assistant Office around July 25, 2014.
Defendant
C operates L Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “L”) established for the purpose of advertisement production, etc.
B. Defendants were introduced through M around July 2013, which was trying to prepare for the departure of the K market of A in relation to the 6th nationwide local elections (1) around July 2013, following the process of concluding a service contract related to the production of campaign material and the planning and promotion of elections.
② On October 2013, Defendant A and Defendant C agreed that “Defendant C shall provide the production of campaign material and public relations services at the preliminary election preparation phase for Defendant A, the preliminary candidate and the principal election phase, but the price shall be paid in full after consultation and settlement when the election is completed.”
③ On October 2013, Defendant C entered into an election planning service contract with NN Co., Ltd. (hereinafter “N”) who is an election planning company located in Seoul (hereinafter “N”), and around that time, Defendant C had P and P provide services for the election planning of Defendant A in accordance with the aforementioned agreement.
④ Around November 2013, Defendant C directly employed P and P as L’s employees due to difficulties in managing N, and additionally employed Q and R to carry out election planning, etc.
At that time, Defendant C and Defendant A shall designate theO as the head of the election strategy office, P as the head of the election strategy team response team, and RR as the head of the SNS operating team, and shall assign Q Q as an employee.