O Tae-wan, Uiryeong County Governor, First Trial Date Set for Election Law Violation Charges

Two Trials This Month, Appeal Trial for Reporter Sexual Harassment Charges Also Scheduled

The first trial regarding Otawan, the mayor of Uiryeong County in Gyeongnam, on charges of violating the Public Official Election Act will be held on the 16th at the Masan Branch of Changwon District Court.

According to the legal community on the 7th, Mayor Oh handed 9 million won to his special advisor Mr. A, and Mr. A was prosecuted for using half of it to send campaign text messages and spending the rest personally.

O Tae-wan, Governor of Uiryeong County, Gyeongnam.

Previously, Mayor Oh was investigated and indicted last June during the nationwide local elections on two charges: spreading false information and bribery and inducement under the Public Official Election Act, but was not prosecuted due to insufficient evidence.

Subsequently, the Changwon Division of the Busan High Court partially accepted the complainant's request for reconsideration in December last year, leading to this trial.

The prosecution filed an appeal against the court's acceptance decision, but it was dismissed.

Mayor Oh is also on trial for allegedly forcibly molesting a female reporter at a press conference held at a restaurant in Uiryeong County in 2021.

He was sentenced to six months in prison with a two-year probation in the first trial on February 10 but has appealed the decision.

The first hearing of the appeal trial will be held on the 29th at Changwon District Court.

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