Choi Jin-bong, head of Jung-gu District Office in Busan, forwarded on charges of paying 190,000 won for alcohol ahead of election

Choi Jin-bong, the head of Busan's Jung-gu district, was sent on charges of violating the Public Official Election Act.

The Busan Police Agency's Anti-Corruption and Economic Crime Investigation Unit announced on the 11th that it had transferred Mayor Choi to the Public Prosecution Office on charges of violating the Public Official Election Act (donation).

District Mayor Choi is accused of paying 190,000 won for drinks at a bar in Busan in February of this year, ahead of the 9th national simultaneous local elections, attended by National Assembly member Cho Seung-hwan and former Busan Jung-gu Mayor Yoon Jong-seo.

It is reported that at the drinking party in question, a conversation related to the district mayor election took place.

When former district mayor Yoon was excluded from the nomination, he reported former district mayor Choi to the police, alleging suspicions of 'secret nomination'.

District Mayor Choi was recommended as a single candidate and was elected.

A police official said, “We conducted an investigation based on the complaint filed in early April and recently transferred it.”