Custom Suit 'Bribery Scandal' Sang-ik Lee, Hampyeong County Mayor, Sent to Prosecution

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Chunsu] Lee Sang-ik, former Hampyeong County Governor in Jeonnam, who was elected in the last 7th local by-election and was embroiled in controversy for receiving several custom-made suits as bribes, has been handed over to the prosecution.

On the 20th, the Jeonnam Police Agency Anti-Corruption and Economic Crime Investigation Unit 1 announced that they referred Lee Sang-ik, the county governor, who was booked without detention on bribery charges, and a construction company official who allegedly paid for five custom-made suits worth about 10 million won as bribes, to the prosecution.

Also, a broker who introduced the county governor to the construction company official and was booked on charges of receiving a suit worth about 1 million won (intermediation bribery) was referred to the prosecution.

After supplementary investigation, the police judged that the construction company official provided bribes to the county governor to secure part of the sewer pipe maintenance project.

Separately, it is known that a complaint case alleging that the county governor’s spouse and former secretary-general received about 30 million won in cash in exchange for winning other public construction contracts was dismissed without charges.

The police found the testimonies of the county governor’s spouse and former secretary-general, who claimed to have returned the money envelopes, credible and considered the evidence for bribery insufficient.

However, the construction company official booked on charges of giving bribes to the county governor’s spouse and the broker who mediated this were referred to the prosecution.

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