‘Bribery Charges’ Im Jong-sik, Gyeongbuk Superintendent of Education, Sentenced to 2 Years and 6 Months in First Trial

The Criminal Division 1 of the Pohang Branch of Daegu District Court (Chief Judge Joo Kyung-tae) sentenced Lim Jong-sik (70), the Superintendent of Gyeongbuk Office of Education, to imprisonment on the 21st for charges of mobilizing educational public officials for election campaigning and receiving bribes worth tens of millions of won related to his duties immediately after being elected.

However, the court did not order his immediate detention in court.

Lim Jong-sik, Superintendent of Gyeongbuk Office of Education

The court sentenced Superintendent Lim, who was charged with bribery under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes, to 2 years and 6 months in prison, a fine of 35 million won, and a confiscation of 37 million won.

Superintendent Lim was indicted without detention on charges of planning election campaigns using an organization formed by staff members belonging to the Gyeongbuk Office of Education during the June 2018 local elections and providing money and goods to election camp officials as compensation for election campaigning, and he had previously been sentenced to 7 years in prison.

Additionally, among the four former and current senior public officials indicted alongside Superintendent Lim, the court sentenced two to 1 year in prison with 2 years of probation, and acquitted the other two.

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