During the Yongin Mayor in Gyeonggi-do, Rep. Jeong Chan-min (Yongin City Gap), who was charged with providing convenience to real estate developers and accepting bribes worth 300 million won through a third party, was sentenced to imprisonment in the first trial and was detained. That's it.
The 12th Criminal Division of the Suwon District Court (Chief Judge Hwang In-seong) sentenced Rep. Jung, who was charged with bribery and other charges under the Aggravated Punishment Act for Specific Crimes, to 7 years in prison and a fine of 500 million won.
According to the Public Official Election Act and the National Assembly Act, members of the National Assembly who have been sentenced to imprisonment without prison labor or heavier punishment will be deprived of their right to be elected and lose their seats.
From April 2016, when he was the mayor of Yongin, to February of the following year, Rep. A, who was developing a townhouse in Bora-dong, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, provided the convenience of licensing and permission to Mr. He was indicted on the charge of making the acquisition cheaper by about 296 million won.
It was also investigated that he received a total of 350 million won in bribes by receiving 56 million won in land acquisition and registration tax from Mr.
Rep. Jung, who was arrested during the police investigation in October last year, has been tried without detention after his bail request to the court in March of this year was accepted.
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