The police have launched a compulsory investigation into allegations of election law violations by Jin-Gyu Kim, Mayor of Incheon Geomdan District.


The Cyber Investigation Unit of the Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency conducted a search and seizure on the 14th targeting A, a former driver of the mayor, in connection with Mayor Kim’s suspected violation of the Public Official Election Act.


It was reported that during the search and seizure, police secured materials such as A’s mobile phone to verify the facts behind the alleged offenses.


Jinkyu Kim, Mayor of Geomdan District, Incheon. Provided by Geomdan District Office

Jinkyu Kim, Mayor of Geomdan District, Incheon. Provided by Geomdan District Office

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Mayor Kim is suspected of spreading false information during the Democratic Party’s Geomdan District mayoral primary ahead of the June 3 local elections.



At the time, the opposing candidate who ran against Mayor Kim filed a complaint with investigative authorities, claiming that Kim had circulated an image containing the false claim that he was being supported by Incheon Mayor Park Chan-dae and others.


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