Police search and seize Jeonbuk Superintendent of Education Cheon Ho-seong on suspicion of paying attorney fees

The police launched a mandatory investigation into allegations that Jeonbuk Special Self-Governing Province Superintendent of Education Cheon Ho-seong used business rights as bait to pay attorney fees while he was a candidate.

The Jeonbuk Police Agency Anti-Corruption and Economic Crime Investigation Unit has been conducting search and seizure of the office of the Jeonbuk Office of Education Superintendent of Education since 10 a.m. on the 3rd.

This search and seizure was conducted to investigate Superintendent Cheon's alleged violation of the political fund law.

Previously, Jeonbuk Superintendent of Education candidate Lee Nam-ho, who was competing in the June 3 local elections, claimed that then-candidate Cheon Ho-seong paid attorney fees to a businessman after being booked for pre-election campaigning in the Jeonbuk Office of Education Superintendent election four years ago.

In response to this, Superintendent Chun's side at the time refuted this by saying, "There is no fact that attorney's fees were paid in return," and that it was "a clear public announcement of false information."

A police official said, "We plan to analyze the seized evidence to investigate Superintendent Cheon's suspicion of paying attorney fees," and added, "It is difficult to reveal the details."