Wolyeong Marine Asiang Residents in Changwon Demand Investigation into Councilor’s Bribery Suspicions

Residents of Wolyeong Marine Asiang Booyoung Apartments in Masanhappo-gu, Changwon City, have called on the city council to conduct a thorough investigation at the council level into Councilor Eunwoo Cho, who is facing suspicions of bribery, and urged Councilor Cho to resign from his post.

On September 10, the apartment residents held a press conference in front of the Changwon City Council, declaring, “The various suspicions raised against Councilor Cho can no longer be ignored,” and urging the city council to check the facts directly and hold him accountable.

Residents of Wolyeong Marine Ashiang Booyoung Apartment in Masanhappo-gu, Changwon-si, Gyeongnam, are holding a press conference in front of Changwon City Council, demanding an investigation into suspicions of bribery involving City Councilor Eunwoo Cho and calling for his resignation.
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The residents alleged that Councilor Cho had received 460 million won in illicit money in connection with defect repair work while serving as chairman of the apartment resident representative council.

They also insisted that the circumstances and procedure behind the withdrawal of the defect repair lawsuit against the contractor Booyoung, as well as the process of signing agreements with the company in charge of the exterior wall painting, must all be transparently disclosed.

The residents emphasized, “It cannot be dismissed as an internal apartment issue when the person at the center of the suspicions is both the former resident council chairman and a sitting councilor,” and added, “We are not asking for any predetermined punishment; rather, we are demanding a thorough investigation to determine whether the suspicions are true.”

They further demanded that, if any misconduct is confirmed, the city council should conduct an ethics review and disciplinary procedures in accordance with relevant regulations.

Additionally, they urged that the process and outcome of verifying any misconduct be released to both citizens and residents.

Previously, Councilor Cho was reported to the police in July by a civic group on corruption charges from his tenure as resident council chairman.

Later, on July 28, he announced his intention to cooperate with investigations as an independent, and subsequently withdrew from the Democratic Party of Korea.

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