‘Ganghyeondo Osan-si Deputy Mayor Bribery Allegation Case’ Referred to Prosecution

Bribery Charges Under the Special Act on the Prevention of Corruption

The police have sent Kang Hyun-do, the deputy mayor of Osan City, Gyeonggi Province, to the prosecution on charges of accepting bribes and entertainment worth approximately 74 million won.

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On the 29th, the Anti-Corruption and Public Crime Investigation Unit of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency announced that they had sent Deputy Mayor Kang to the prosecution without detention on charges of bribery under the Special Act.

Deputy Mayor Kang is accused of receiving money and entertainment worth about 74 million won from businessman Kim in 2015, when he was the head of the Gyeonggi Province Investment Promotion Division, in exchange for participating in a project promoted by Gyeonggi Province.

Kim is reported to have provided money and other benefits to Deputy Mayor Kang in order to participate as a key player in the 'Mobile Game Strategic Export Center Establishment Project' that Gyeonggi Province had been promoting since the end of 2014. The police conducted a search and seizure of the Gyeonggi Provincial Government office where Deputy Mayor Kang worked in December last year and summoned him for investigation as a suspect in February this year.

Meanwhile, Kim, who is accused of giving bribes, is known to be connected to the so-called Sponsor Prosecutor case.

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