Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Investigate 421 Cases, Including Complaints and Accusations Related to June 3 Local Elections

The Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency announced today (August 3) that it has received and is either currently investigating or has concluded its investigations into 421 cases (involving 846 individuals) regarding complaints and accusations of public official election act violations related to the June 3 simultaneous local elections.

As of August 3, investigations have been completed in 191 cases (307 individuals), with 93 individuals referred for prosecution and 214 cases closed through non-referral or non-booking.

By type of referral, bribery and illegal gift-giving were the most common at 24 individuals, followed by damage to posters and banners and election violence at 15 individuals each, public officials meddling in elections at 9 individuals, black propaganda at 7 individuals, violations of the campaign period at 5 individuals, public opinion manipulation at 1 individual, and others at 17 individuals.

Among the election violence offenders were two individuals who were formally arrested, including a person in their 30s who threw a water bottle at a preliminary candidate campaigning and a person in their 50s who assaulted a campaign worker while intoxicated.

Investigations are still ongoing in 230 cases (involving 539 individuals), and the statute of limitations expires on December 3.

For cases involving incumbent heads of local governments, the police are assigning major cases—such as bribery, intervention by public officials, and serious dissemination of false information—directly to the Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency rather than frontline police stations.

Accordingly, the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Investigation Unit of the Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency is directly investigating allegations that aides to Suwon Mayor Lee Jae-jun illegally recruited party members with voting rights, as well as allegations that Uiwang Mayor Kim Sung-je spread false information regarding the Mumin Park construction project.

A police official stated, "We ask for your understanding that it is difficult to provide specific details regarding the investigation status of incumbent heads of local governments related to the last local election."

(Photo provided by Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency, Yonhap News)
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