SEOUL– Nine people have been arrested for alleged bribery and other irregularities related to this week’s local elections, police said Thursday.
They were among 1,517 people investigated for charges related to Wednesday’s elections. Of them, 430 were investigated for allegedly spreading falsehoods, followed by 338 for taking bribes and 217 for damaging banners.
Of the nine arrested people, four were charged with taking cash or gifts, three for allegedly using violence, one for allegedly damaging banners and one for spreading false propaganda, police said.
Police officials said they will conduct thorough investigations into all election-related violations in close cooperation with the prosecution in light of the fact that the statute of limitation for election-related violations is six months.
Source: Yonhap News Agency