'Gwangju Metropolitan City Public Corporation Under Election Law Violation Suspicion, Police Investigation'

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] Allegations have been raised that an executive of a public enterprise under Gwangju Metropolitan City distributed a book written by former Mayor Lee Yong-seop, who sought re-election in the June 1 local elections, to employees.

According to the Gwangju Western Police Station on the 22nd, a complaint accusing executive A, who works at a public enterprise under Gwangju City, of violating the Public Official Election Act was received on the 16th.

The complaint stated, "In early April, ahead of the Democratic Party primary for the June 1 local elections, executive A purchased about 60 copies of former Mayor Lee Yong-seop's book 'Life and History Are Meetings' while Lee was a preliminary candidate, and distributed them to employees while asking for their support."

Executive A is known to have been a senior public official of Gwangju City and was appointed as an executive of the public enterprise through a recruitment process after taking honorary retirement during Lee's tenure as mayor.

The police plan to expedite the investigation as the statute of limitations for election offenses under the Public Official Election Act expires on December 1.

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