US EditionSeoul Mayor Indicted over Alleged Illegal Polling Payments
Oh Se-hoon faces charges for receiving poll results and illegal funding linked to 10 surveys paid by a businessman during the 2021 mayoral campaign, prosecutors said.
- On Monday , a special prosecutor indicted Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon, who is serving his fourth term and is considered a possible future presidential candidate.
- Prosecutors say Oh Se-hoon's campaign aides coordinated with political broker Myung Tae-kyun, arranging illegal polls to aid the mayor's 2021 by-election campaign.
- Myung Tae-kyun conducted 10 opinion surveys between January and February 2021, and prosecutors say a businessman paid him 33 million won in five installments, with aide Kang Cheol-won exchanging questionnaires on instructions.
- With next year's elections looming, a conviction under South Korea's election laws for violating the Political Funds Act could strip Seoul mayor Oh Se-hoon of eligibility to run, prosecutors warned.
- Amid partisan tensions, Oh Se-hoon's camp said the special counsel abandoned both the law and conscience today and pushed ahead with an indictment ordered by the Democratic Party of Korea, he said Monday.
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Seoul mayor indicted over alleged illegal polling payments
SEOUL: South Korean prosecutors indicted the mayor of Seoul on Monday (Dec 1) for allegedly violating political funding laws.Oh Se-hoon of the conservative People Power Party is now serving his fourth term as mayor of South Korea's capital and has long been tipped as a possible future presidential candidate.
Political Turmoil: Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon Indicted
Political Turmoil: Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon Indicted South Korea's political landscape is in flux as a special prosecutor indicts Seoul Mayor, Oh Se-hoon, for allegedly violating political funding laws. The charges, linked to a scandal involving a power broker, accuse Oh of orchestrating an opinion poll unlawfully financed. Oh staunchly denies these allegations.Representing the People Power Party (PPP), Oh labeled the indictment as politically dri…
Special prosecutor indicts Seoul mayor on election finance charges
A special prosecutor on Monday indicted Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon, without taking him into custody, on charges of violating the Political Funds Act — a development that could significantly undermine his bid for reelection next year. Prosecutors allege that ahead of the 2021 mayoral by-election, Oh received poll results from political broker Myung Tae-kyun and had a businessman pay for them on his behalf. Prosecutors assert that the chief of staff f…
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