[Breaking] Former Seongnam City Council Chairman Choi Yoon-gil Arrested on 4 Billion Won Daejang-dong Allegations
[Asia Economy Reporter Baek Kyunghwan] Former Seongnam City Council Chairman Choi Yoon-gil has been detained on charges of accepting bribes worth around 4 billion KRW from Hwacheon Daeyu, the private developer of the Daejang-dong project.
On the 18th, Judge Oh Dae-seok of Suwon District Court, who is in charge of warrants, issued an arrest warrant for former Chairman Choi around 9 PM, stating, "The criminal charges have been substantiated, and there is concern about evidence tampering."
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Former Chairman Choi is accused of assisting Hwacheon Daeyu by passing the ordinance to establish the Seongnam Urban Development Corporation for the Daejang-dong public-private joint development during his tenure as city council chairman in 2013. In return, he allegedly became vice chairman of Hwacheon Daeyu in 2020, receiving a salary of 100 million KRW and agreeing to receive performance bonuses totaling around 4 billion KRW.
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