Prosecutors on the 18th again summoned and questioned Rep. Kang Sun-woo and former Seoul Metropolitan Council member Kim Kyung, who were detained and sent to the prosecutors on charges of giving and receiving money in exchange for nominations ahead of the 2022 local elections.
The Public Investigation Division 2 of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office (headed by Director General Kim Hyeong-won) has been questioning Rep. Kang as a suspect from 10 a.m. on charges of violating the Political Funds Act, violating the Improper Solicitation and Graft Act, and taking and giving bribes in breach of duty. Prosecutors also plan to summon former Seoul Metropolitan Council member Kim as a suspect for questioning in the afternoon.
Prosecutors received the case from police on the 11th and questioned Rep. Kang once on the 16th. Former Seoul Metropolitan Council member Kim, after being questioned on the 13th and 16th, is set to undergo a third round of questioning on this day.
Rep. Kang and former Seoul Metropolitan Council member Kim are accused of meeting at a hotel in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, in Jan. 2022 and giving and receiving a shopping bag containing 100 million won in exchange for a local election nomination. At the time, Rep. Kang belonged to the Democratic Party of Korea.
Former Seoul Metropolitan Council member Kim was later given a sole nomination as a Democratic Party of Korea candidate for the Seoul Metropolitan Council in Gangseo-gu, Rep. Kang's district, and was elected.
On the 3rd, the court issued arrest warrants for both on the grounds of concern over the destruction of evidence. The two are currently being held at the Seoul Detention Center.