'Eunsu-mi Eun, Former Seongnam Mayor, Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison for Bribery'

Eun Soo-mi, the former mayor of Seongnam, who was indicted for demanding undue favors related to investigations and accepting improper requests from police officers, has been sentenced to two years in prison.

Eun Soo-mi, former mayor of Seongnam [Photo by Yonhap News]

The Supreme Court's 2nd Division (Presiding Justice Cheon Dae-yeop) confirmed on the 14th the original court ruling that sentenced former Mayor Eun to two years in prison on charges including bribery, offering bribes, abuse of authority, obstruction of the exercise of rights, and violation of the Anti-Graft Act.

Former Mayor Eun was indicted for conspiring with her former policy advisor Park to accept improper requests in exchange for receiving investigative favors from police officers belonging to the Seongnam Jungwon Police Station, who were investigating her for violations of the Political Funds Act and the Public Official Election Act in October 2018. She provided investigation secrets and requested to be sent with a non-prosecution opinion. In return, it was investigated that she facilitated contracts for public construction supply worth approximately 450 million won and requested promotions for two acquaintances of the police officers.

She is also accused of receiving 4 million won in cash and wine worth 670,000 won from policy advisor Park in July 2019, along with a request to improve her evaluation.

The first trial recognized most of the charges as guilty except for some parts related to abuse of authority and obstruction of the exercise of rights, sentencing her to two years in prison and ordering her detention in court. A fine of 10 million won and a confiscation of 4.67 million won were also ordered. Former Mayor Eun denied all charges and appealed the verdict, but the rulings of the appellate court and the Supreme Court were the same.

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