{"id":245703,"date":"2026-02-10T21:50:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T12:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/uncategorized\/2026\/02\/10\/corruption-scandal-former-gyeonggi-province-officials\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T15:59:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T06:59:26","slug":"corruption-scandal-former-gyeonggi-province-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/politics\/2026\/02\/10\/corruption-scandal-former-gyeonggi-province-officials\/","title":{"rendered":"Corruption Scandal: Former Gyeonggi Province Officials Sentenced for Bribery in ITS Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/contents-cdn.viewus.co.kr\/image\/2026\/02\/CP-2024-0133\/image-d9df950e-e236-4a5e-a1b0-0fee7202831a.jpeg\" alt=\"&nbsp;  A view of the Ansan branch of the Suwon District Court. Yonhap News\" \/><figcaption>&nbsp;  A view of the Ansan branch of the Suwon District Court. Yonhap News<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Former and current members of the Gyeonggi Provincial Assembly have been sentenced to prison for accepting bribes related to the Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) project.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>On May 10th, the 2nd Criminal Division of the Ansan branch of the Suwon District Court, presided over by Judge Park Ji-young, held a sentencing hearing for eight defendants charged with violating the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes (bribery). The court imposed prison terms and fines on the assembly members.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The court handed down a 10-year prison sentence and a 300 million KRW (225,000 USD) fine to Assemblyman Park Se-won. Former Assemblyman Lee Gi-hwan received an 8-year prison sentence and a 250 million KRW (187,500 USD) fine. Former Assemblyman Jeong Seung-hyun was sentenced to 3 years in prison and fined 40 million KRW (30,000 USD). All defendants were also ordered to pay forfeitures. They have been in custody throughout the trial.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Former Hwaseong City Council Chairman Kim Hong-seong, charged with soliciting bribes under the Special Act, received a 1-year prison sentence suspended for 2 years and a forfeiture of 15.85 million KRW (11,887.50 USD).<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Despite their denials, the court rejected the defendants&#8217; claims.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The court strongly criticized the assembly members, stating, &#8220;As elected officials, they were obligated to maintain the integrity of their duties. Their acceptance of money and gifts, coupled with attempts to conceal their actions through third-party accounts and false tax invoices, demonstrates egregious misconduct.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The court further emphasized, &#8220;This corruption severely undermines public trust in the decision-making processes of local councils and public institutions. Consequently, severe penalties are unavoidable to address these breaches of public trust.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Four other defendants involved in delivering bribes and money laundering received sentences ranging from 18 to 30 months in prison, suspended for 3 to 4 years, along with fines between 30 million KRW (22,500 USD) and 150 million KRW (112,500 USD).<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The court reportedly considered mitigating factors for some defendants, such as the absence of prior criminal records or lack of direct financial gain, when determining their sentences.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>In a related case, businessman Kim, who was indicted for offering bribes worth approximately 280 million KRW (210,000 USD) to facilitate the ITS project, received a 5-year prison sentence. Kim allegedly provided money and gifts to the assembly members, requesting their assistance in securing priority allocation of special adjustment grants from Gyeonggi Province.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former and current Gyeonggi Province councilors received prison sentences for bribery related to the Intelligent Transportation System project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/contents-cdn.viewus.co.kr\/image\/2026\/02\/CP-2024-0133\/image-d9df950e-e236-4a5e-a1b0-0fee7202831a.jpeg","footnotes":""},"categories":[278093],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-245703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Corruption 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