Former Jeonnam Shinan County Mayor Park Wooryang Sentenced to 1 Year in Prison for Preferential Hiring

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[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] Park Woo-ryang, former mayor of Sinan-gun, Jeollanam-do, who was prosecuted on suspicion of preferential hiring of temporary public officials, was sentenced to imprisonment in the first trial.

The Mokpo Branch of the Gwangju District Court sentenced Mayor Park to one year in prison on the 3rd on charges including abuse of authority and obstruction of the exercise of rights.

However, he was not detained in court due to reasons such as guaranteeing the right to defense.

Mayor Park was indicted on charges of ordering the hiring of nine people, including relatives, as temporary public officials from June 2019 to February last year upon receiving requests.

Judge Kang stated, "He deprived the job applicants of fair competition opportunities and violated the principle of equal opportunity for employment by using his power," adding, "Considering that it was unrelated to personal gain and that he contributed to the development of Sinan-gun while serving as mayor."

Mayor Park has been confirmed as the Democratic Party's candidate for the upcoming June 1 local elections and is preparing to run.

Elected officials will be disqualified from election if they are fined more than 1 million won for violations of the Public Official Election Act and Political Funds Act, or if they receive a prison sentence or higher for other criminal cases confirmed by the Supreme Court.

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