Paju mayor sentenced to 3 yrs in prison for bribery, stripped of position
Social affairsDec 13, 2017
The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected an appeal from Paju Mayor Lee Jae-hong against his conviction over bribery, a decision that saw him stripped of his current position. The top court upheld the three-year prison term and the 50 million-won fine ($45,745) handed down on Lee for receiving bribes worth 45.36 million won via his wife from the head of a transportation company in the city of Paju, north of Seoul, in return for granting business favors.Prosecutors have indicted Lee, 60, on suspici