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police raided Seoul City Hall. This is to confirm the suspicion that Mayor Oh Se-hoon violated the election law ahead of the last by-election. Mayor Oh countered that it was an excessive investigation and a political investigation.



This is reporter Jo Yoon-ha.



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In April, Mayor Oh Se-hoon denied his connection to the PiCity allegations during a by-election debate for the mayor of Seoul.



[Park Young-sun / Candidate for Seoul Mayor at the time (last April): Do you know the Pi City suspicion?]



[Oh Se-hoon/ Candidate for Seoul mayor at the time (last April): Yes. I remember the title.]



He drew a line that his past tenure as mayor of Seoul and Pi City had nothing to do with



[Sehun Oh / Candidate for Seoul mayor at the time (last April): As I remember now, Pi City did not get any licenses and permits during my tenure. I remember that it wasn't something that happened. I think we'll have to check that later.]



A civic group reported Mayor Oh to the police for violating the Public Official Election Act, saying, 'This statement is false.



The anti-corruption and public crime investigation team of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency today raided and searched departments related to the Pi City project, including the Urban Planning Bureau and the Logistics Policy Division of Seoul City Hall.



[(Are there any other charges besides Pi City?) … … . (Is the search and seizure over today?) … … .] After



more than 7 hours of search and seizure, the police are said to have secured data related to the license for the Pi City project.



The Pi City project, a complex distribution complex development project in Yangjae-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul, was promoted after passing the deliberation of the Building Committee and others during the tenure of Mayor Oh.



However, as the cargo terminal site was repurposed for large-scale stores and business facilities, suspicions of preferential treatment arose, and the business was halted because the loan could not be repaid.



The city of Seoul issued an official statement and condemned "Mayor Oh's remarks at the time as merely an answer based on memories of the past" and "The police investigation is an excessive investigation and a political investigation into the head of the local government of the opposition party."



"The city of Seoul was in charge of deliberation on urban planning related to Pi City, but the approval was granted by the Seocho-gu Office," he said.



(Video coverage: Hwang In-seok, Video editing: Kim Jong-woo)