Defendant

A shall be punished by a fine of KRW 7 million, and Defendant B shall be punished by a fine of KRW 1.5 million.

The above fine is imposed against the Defendants.

Punishment of the crime

Defendant

A is an election campaign manager of E who was born as the candidate of the Do Governor affiliated with the C Party in the 7th nationwide elections held on June 13, 2018, and Defendant B is the person in charge of accounting of E.

Except for cases where actual expenses are paid according to the Public Official Election Act, no person shall offer, express his/her intention to offer, or promise to offer money, goods, or other benefits in connection with the election campaign regardless of the pretext, such as actual expenses, other compensation for volunteers, etc.

1. Violation of the Public Official Election Act;

A. Defendant A: (a) around June 2018, the election campaign workers, who attempted to carry out the E election campaign after the completion of the election campaign, were able to receive additional money in addition to the statutory allowances.

On July 3, 2018, the Defendant paid 830,000 won in cash to G election campaign workers H to pay 830,000 won to G election campaign workers Ha, at an election campaign office of E on the fiveth floor of the F building, and accordingly, G transferred the said money to H account in the name of her woman.

Accordingly, the Defendant provided 4,300,000 won to five persons engaged in election affairs, such as paying 830,000 won to H in return for election campaign.

B. Defendants A and B were referred to as “I” who carried out an election campaign without reporting an election campaign worker on June 2018, and were demanded by J, which was the chief of the election campaign liaison office, to pay I the money as allowances.

Accordingly, Defendant B received text messages from J on July 5, 2018, on which I’s account number was indicated, and sent them to G to election campaign workers. Defendant A had 1,690,000 won, to be paid to G, carry out the remittance, and accordingly, Defendant B received the said money on the I’s account number.