"'Father of the Student Movement' Heo Inhoe Arrested and Indicted on Charges of Receiving Over 100 Million Won in Bribes for Supply and Business Requests"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Song Seung-yoon] Heo In-hoe, former director of the Green Dream Cooperative and a former 386 activist, who is accused of receiving money and valuables in exchange for lobbying various projects to the National Assembly, government, and local governments, was brought to trial in custody on the 28th.

The Criminal Division 5 of the Seoul Northern District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Prosecutor Seo In-seon) announced on the 28th that Heo was indicted in custody on charges of violating the Attorney-at-Law Act, and accomplices A and B were indicted without detention on the same charges.

Heo is accused of receiving a total of approximately 390 million KRW in money and valuables from suppliers of wireless eavesdropping detection devices and others in exchange for lobbying members of the National Assembly and local government heads, and promised to receive an additional 200 million KRW.

According to the prosecution, from September 2014 to December 2017, Heo introduced supplier C of wireless eavesdropping detection devices to members of the National Assembly and lobbied for the purchase of devices by national and public institutions, receiving 10-20% of sales revenue from C, totaling 107 million KRW. The prosecution also stated that some members of the National Assembly requested the establishment or increase of budgets in standing committees and the Budget and Accounts Committee, but these requests were not actually accepted.

Heo is also accused of receiving a total of 250 million KRW, including 10% of sales revenue from an agency, in exchange for lobbying and mediation related to the selection of target sites for ecosystem conservation cooperation fund return projects to members of the National Assembly and local government heads from February 2016 to December 2018. It was also investigated that Heo shared 44% of the amount with A.

Additionally, from June to August 2018, Heo and accomplice B are accused of receiving 30 million KRW from a food waste disposal company by claiming connections with the Seoul mayor and lobbying to change the location of a landfill leachate treatment plant from Incheon to Mapo-gu, Seoul.

Previously, Heo was also investigated once for illegal subcontracting related to the Seoul city solar mini power plant project. In May of this year, the police referred Heo to the prosecution with a recommendation for indictment on charges including violation of the Electrical Construction Business Act related to the solar power project. However, the solar power project was not included in the current prosecution's charges.

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