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prosecution turned over Lee Jin-seok, head of the Blue House State Affairs Office, to trial on charges of unfairly intervening in the 2018 Ulsan mayoral election.

This is the 6th Blue House official to be tried for this investigation, and the Blue House's tops were not accused, and there are many words about the results of the investigation.



Reporter Bae Joon-woo covered it.



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In October 2017, eight months before the local election, Lee Jin-suk, the current Secretary of State for Social Policy at the Blue House, meets Candidate Chul-ho Song, who was running for the Ulsan mayoral election.



Candidate Chul-ho Song is a special acquaintance with President Moon Jae-in.



Candidate Chul-ho Song asks Director Jin-seok Lee and others to postpone the announcement of the results of the preliminary feasibility of establishing an industrial disaster mother hospital, a key pledge of the Ulsan mayor at the time, Kim Ki-hyun, who was a competitor.



It is a strategy to hit Mayor Kim by announcing that the pledge is not valid as it is nearing the voting day.



Just 20 days before the actual election, it was announced that there was no validity of the pledge, and the prosecutors handed over Lee Jin-seok to trial, claiming that Director Jin-seok Lee intervened in the process and even provided inside information to Candidate Song.



Candidate Chul-ho Song was elected the mayor, but he is being tried for violating the Public Office Election Act and further investigation for violating the Political Fund Act.



As a result, all 15 prosecutors who completed the investigation for one year and five months turned over to trial.



Among them, six members of the Blue House were included, including former chief political officer Han Byeong-do, former secretary Won-woo Baek and Hyeong-cheol Park.



However, at the time, all of the Blue House's seniors, such as Lim Jong-seok, chief of the secretary's office, and the home country's chief civil servant, were not charged.



"There is room for them to be involved, but the evidence is lacking," the prosecution said.



Even though six members of the Blue House were mobilized for the election of Candidate Chul-ho Song, it is pointed out that it is difficult to understand the conclusion that the Blue House leader is not responsible.



(Video coverage: Seo Jin-ho, Video editing: Jo Moo-hwan, CG: Kang Yu-ra, Son Ho-seok)