[Breaking] Prosecution Requests 6 Years Imprisonment for Song Cheol-ho and 5 Years for Hwang Un-ha in 'Ulsan Election Interference' Case

On the 11th, the prosecution demanded a 6-year prison sentence for Song Cheol-ho, former mayor of Ulsan, who was brought to trial on charges of Blue House ordered investigations and election interference. It has been about 3 years and 7 months since the case was brought to trial, and the first trial verdict is expected as early as the end of this year.

On that day, the Seoul Central District Court Criminal Division 21-3 (Presiding Judges Kim Mi-kyung, Heo Kyung-moo, Kim Jeong-gon) requested the court to sentence former Mayor Song, who was indicted on charges including violation of the Public Official Election Act, to 6 years in prison. Hwang Un-ha, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea and former chief of the Ulsan Police Agency at the time of the election, was sentenced to 5 years.

The prosecution believes that ahead of the 2018 local elections, the Blue House committed various illegal and illicit acts, including ordering the police to conduct investigations to defeat Kim Gi-hyeon, then mayor (now leader of the People Power Party), in order to help Song Cheol-ho win. Additionally, the prosecution's view is that internal information from the central or local government was illegally used in the process of establishing Song's election pledges. Former Mayor Song is known as a close friend of former President Moon Jae-in for 30 years.

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