Changwon mayor loses seat over election law violations
Published: 03 Apr. 2025, 18:07
![Changwon Mayor Hong Nam-pyo speaks before the press after attending a hearing at the Busan High Court over his alleged election law violations on Dec. 18, 2024. [YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2025/04/03/abdecbb2-caad-4cdc-a4b0-49312cf49e5b.jpg)
Changwon Mayor Hong Nam-pyo speaks before the press after attending a hearing at the Busan High Court over his alleged election law violations on Dec. 18, 2024. [YONHAP]
Hong was sentenced by an appellate court to six months in prison, suspended for one year, for offering a local politician a position as a public official in exchange for not entering the mayoral race ahead of the June 2022 local elections.
Hong filed an appeal against the ruling, but the top court dismissed the appeal, saying it found no fault in the lower court's ruling.
By law, the election of a public official is nullified if they are sentenced to a prison term or a fine of 1 million won (US$683) or more for violating the election law.
Yonhap
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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