'19 Members of Seoul National University Alumni Association Indicted for Obstructing Oh Se-hoon’s Election Campaign'

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Jung-yoon] Nineteen members of the Seoul National University Progressive Student Union (Seoul Dajin-yeon) who protested at the campaign site of Oh Se-hoon, the United Future Party candidate for Gwangjin District in Seoul during the April 15 general election, have been brought to trial.

The Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors' Office announced on the 1st that Yoo Mo (36) and Kang Mo (23) were arrested and indicted on charges of violating the Public Official Election Act. The remaining 17 were indicted without detention.

They are accused of disrupting the election campaign by protesting at locations such as in front of Oh's campaign office and subway stations in April. They held placards and protested, claiming that Oh's giving 120,000 won in total, between 50,000 and 100,000 won each, to five people including security guards and cleaners in his apartment during last year's and this year's Lunar New Year and Chuseok holidays was a violation of the Public Official Election Act.

After legal review, the police judged that there was a possibility of election law violations and investigated 19 members of Seoul Dajin-yeon. The police requested arrest warrants for three of them, and the court issued arrest warrants for Yoo and Kang, stating that "there is sufficient evidence for the charges and concerns about flight risk and evidence tampering."

Meanwhile, Yoo, who was arrested, is currently on trial for sending a 'threatening package' containing a cutter knife, a dead bird, and a note to former Justice Party lawmaker Yoon So-ha in June last year.

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