[Breaking] Hong Nampyo, Changwon Special Mayor, Acquitted in First Trial...Cleared of Candidate Bribery Charges

Hong Nampyo, Mayor of Changwon Special City, Gyeongnam, is heading to the courtroom at Changwon District Court to receive the first trial verdict.
[Photo by Lee Seryeong]

Hong Nampyo, the mayor of Changwon Special City in Gyeongnam, was acquitted of charges of violating the Public Official Election Act.

The Criminal Division 4 of Changwon District Court (Chief Judge Jang Yujin) held the first trial sentencing on the 8th and acquitted Mayor Hong.

Mayor Hong was prosecuted on charges of conspiring with Mr. A, who was the general election campaign headquarters chief during last year's nationwide simultaneous local elections, to promise a public office to Mr. B, who intended to run in the People Power Party's Changwon mayoral primary, urging him to join the campaign.

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