
Complaining group "We will not file an objection"... Refusal to forward charges for violating the Local Education Autonomy Act
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Shin Kyeong-ho, former Superintendent of Education of Gangwon Province, was accused of receiving a pool villa run by a family member of the Gangneung region free of charge ahead of the June 3 local elections.
Police acquitted due to lack of evidence... Complaining group: “We will not file an objection”
(Chuncheon = Yonhap News) Reporter Kang Tae-hyun = Former Gangwon-do Superintendent of Education Shin Kyeong-ho, who was suspected of receiving free accommodation ahead of the June 3 local elections, was cleared of charges by the police.
According to civic groups such as the 'Gangwon Citizens' Movement Headquarters for the Expulsion of Corrupt Superintendents of Education' on the 13th, these groups were recently notified by the Gangwon Police Agency of a decision notifying former Superintendent Shin of the case of violating the Local Education Autonomy Act without charges.
According to the reporting group, the police made this decision due to ‘insufficient evidence’.
Previously, ahead of the June 3 local elections, Mr. A, a person involved in the camp of former Superintendent Shin, disclosed a recording containing suspicions that former Superintendent Shin received a pool villa in Gangneung, run by the Gangneung Region Election Committee family, for free on April 21.
Accordingly, the reporting group reported former Superintendent Shin to the police in May, saying, "It is very likely that this goes beyond the simple provision of accommodations and constitutes illegal donations and provision of property benefits prohibited by the Political Fund Act and the Public Official Election Act."
The reporting groups decided not to file a separate objection or request a reinvestigation.

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