Police Refer PPP Lawmaker Cho Eun-hee to Prosecution Over Alleged Free Opinion Polls from Myung Tae-kyun

Police have referred People Power Party lawmaker Cho Eun-hee to the prosecution on charges of receiving free public opinion polls from political broker Myung Tae-kyun.
The National Police Agency's special investigation headquarters announced through a press notice today (June 30) that it has forwarded Representative Cho to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office without detention on charges of violating the Personal Information Protection Act and the Political Funds Act, and has also referred Myung to the prosecution on charges of violating the Personal Information Protection Act.
Police investigation revealed that in February 2022, ahead of the by-election for the Seocho-gu A district, Representative Cho provided Myung with the virtual numbers of approximately 2,200 responsible party members of the People Power Party during the internal primary. Myung allegedly used this data to conduct an opinion poll.
The cost of the opinion poll was approximately 2 million won, which was provided to Representative Cho free of charge. Police concluded that this constituted not only a leak of personal information but also a violation of the Political Funds Act.
Myung, who received the virtual numbers of the responsible party members to conduct the poll and then processed the results to pass back to Representative Cho, has also been charged with leaking personal information.
Police questioned Representative Cho once on June 9 and Myung once on June 18.
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