Police Send Pastor Jeon Gwang-hoon to Prosecution Without Detention Over Alleged Nomination Deal with Liberty Unification Party

Pastor Jeon Gwang-hoon of Sarang Jeil Church and his associates were sent to the prosecution on charges of giving money envelopes to reporters and YouTubers to cover up allegations of nomination trading in the 22nd general election.

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On the 24th, the Jongam Police Station in Seoul announced that they had sent Pastor Jeon and 10 associates to the prosecution without detention on charges of bribery and inducement under the Public Official Election Act, receiving money related to candidate recommendations, and bribery for illegal use of broadcasting and newspapers.

Pastor Jeon is accused of demanding several hundred million won in money as a price for nominations from preliminary candidates for proportional representation members of the Liberty Unification Party during the general election period last April. It was also confirmed that he handed envelopes containing cash to reporters and YouTubers under the name of advertising expenses to cover up the nomination trading allegations. Furthermore, before the official election campaign period, in January at a chapel in Paju-si, Gyeonggi Province, he conducted illegal election campaigning by urging church members not to vote for members of the Democratic Party of Korea.

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