Former Korean Federation of Trade Unions Senior Vice Chairman Suspected of Receiving Over 100 Million Won in Bribes Sent to Prosecution

Kang, the former Senior Vice Chairman of the Korean Federation of Trade Unions (KFTU), suspected of receiving bribes amounting to hundreds of millions of won, has been handed over to the prosecution.

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According to the police on the 4th, the Violent Crime Investigation Unit of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency sent Kang to the prosecution without detention on charges of embezzlement and bribery.

Kang is suspected of receiving 100 million won last September from Choi and another person, members of the National Construction Industry Union Federation, who requested to be enrolled in the KFTU dp. The police believe that Kang attempted to deliver 50 million won of this amount to Lee, the former Secretary General of the KFTU, and have also applied charges of attempted embezzlement and bribery.

The police had applied for Kang’s arrest warrant on the 12th of last month, but it was dismissed. After conducting an additional investigation on the 27th of last month and considering Kang’s remorse, the police sent him to the prosecution without detention.

The police began investigating after the National Construction Industry Union was expelled from the KFTU in July last year due to the chairman’s embezzlement of union dues and other reasons. They suspect that Choi and others tried to join another organization. Kang stepped down from his position as Senior Vice Chairman on February 28 following the election of a new KFTU executive board but still retains his position as chairman of the affiliated federation.

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