O Se-hoon Election Campaign Interference: Daejin-yeon Member Sent to Prosecution

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Jung-yoon] Members of the Seoul National University Progressive Student Union (Seoul National University Jin-yeon) who held a picket protest at the campaign site of Oh Se-hoon, the United Future Party candidate for Seoul Gwangjin-eul in the April 15 general election, have been handed over to the prosecution.

On the 9th, the Gwangjin Police Station in Seoul announced that they had sent Yoo (36) and Kang (23), who were detained on charges of violating the Public Official Election Act, to the prosecution. The remaining 17 members, who had been under non-custodial investigation, were also sent together.

They are accused of holding protests at candidate Oh’s campaign office, subway stations, and other campaign locations in April. They protested holding pickets with phrases such as "Politicians cannot make donations," criticizing Oh for giving 50,000 to 100,000 won each to five people including security guards and cleaners at the apartment where he resides during last year’s and this year’s Lunar New Year and Chuseok holidays, totaling 1.2 million won.

After reviewing the law, the police judged that there was a possibility of election law violations and investigated 19 members of Seoul National University Jin-yeon. The police applied for arrest warrants for three of them, and on the 4th, Judge Lee Geun-soo of the Seoul Eastern District Court, who is in charge of warrants, issued arrest warrants for Yoo and Kang, stating that "there is sufficient evidence for the charges and concerns about flight risk and evidence destruction."

Meanwhile, the police are also investigating members of Seoul National University Jin-yeon who held protests at campaign sites of other United Future Party candidates such as Na Kyung-won (Dongjak-eul) and Hwang Kyo-ahn (Jongno).

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