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Kim Man-bae, a key figure behind a scandal-ridden property development project in the Daejang-dong district of Seongnam, just south of Seoul, was sentenced by a court Wednesday to 30-months in prison on bribery charges.
A Seoul court sentenced a suspected lobbyist to five years in prison Tuesday in connection with the high-profile corruption scandal involving a property development project in Seongnam City.
Prosecutors asked a court to issue an arrest warrant for main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) leader Rep. Lee Jae-myung, Monday, who is on the 19th day of a hunger strike, on charges of breach of trust, bribery, violation of the Foreign Exchange Transaction Act and other charges in connection with a land development scandal while he was mayor of Seongnam from 2010 to 2018. Lee was also charged with the unauthorized transfer of money to North Korea when he was governor of Gyeonggi Province during 2018 to 2021.
Opposition leader Lee Jae-myung appeared in court Friday to stand trial on charges of violating the election law by making false statements during his presidential campaign in 2021.