Prosecution Indicts Assemblywoman Yang Jeong-suk Without Detention for Election Law Violation

[Asia Economy Reporter Baek Kyunghwan] One day before the statute of limitations expired for the violation of the Public Official Election Act related to the general election last April, independent lawmaker Yang Jeongsuk was brought to trial on charges of violating the election law.

On the 14th, the 7th Criminal Division of the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Park Kyuhyung) announced that Yang was indicted without detention on charges of violating the election law.

Earlier, the Democratic Party and the Democratic Party's satellite proportional representation party, the Together Citizens' Party, filed a complaint with the prosecution in May against Yang for election law violations including false statements such as underreporting assets, obstruction of a political party's official recommendation duties, and violation of the Real Name Real Estate Act.

However, Yang explained, "I paid the related taxes according to laws and regulations, so there is no violation of the Real Name Real Estate Act, and I reported all assets at the time of registration in the candidate's asset declaration, so there is no room for election law violation."

The prosecution judged that Yang had violated the election law. When Yang ran as a proportional representation candidate for the Citizens' Party in this general election, some information was omitted when declaring assets to the National Election Commission. According to the prosecution, Yang deliberately omitted the land share of a commercial building located in Songpa-gu, Seoul, held under her younger brother's name, when reporting assets.

However, other than the election law violation, the remaining charges were dismissed. The obstruction of business charge was cleared due to lack of evidence, and the violation of the Real Name Real Estate Act was dismissed due to expiration of the statute of limitations.

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