Police question Yong Hye-in as a suspect over alleged Public Official Election Act violations... statute of limitations expires next month
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- 2026-11-03 17:29:42
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- 2026-11-03 17:29:42
According to police on the 3rd, Yeongdeungpo Police Station in Seoul summoned and questioned Rep. Yong on the 27th of last month as a suspect on suspicion of violating the Public Official Election Act.
The civic group Committee for the Protection of Ordinary People’s Livelihood filed a complaint on September 2 over Rep. Yong’s conduct last May: wearing clothing printed with the party’s name, filming a video in front of the campaign office of Basic Income Party candidate Park Eun-young in Gwangsan District, Jeonnam-Gwangju Integrated Special City, and posting it on social media.
At the time, the committee argued that wearing clothing displaying a party’s name from 120 days before election day until election day, by someone other than the candidate, violated the Public Official Election Act.
Rep. Yong was also the subject of a complaint over allegations that some of the special party dues she paid went toward the salary of her husband, who works as a party official. A complaint has also been filed over allegations that the Basic Income Party’s provincial and city chapters were falsely registered.
Police are understood to have prioritized investigating this case over allegations of violations of the Political Funds Act and the Political Parties Act, taking into account that the statute of limitations for the Public Official Election Act case expires on the 3rd of next month.
Rep. Yong was nominated as a candidate for minister of gender equality and family last August, but voluntarily withdrew her candidacy last September after controversy erupted over, among other things, her simultaneously serving as a proportional-representation lawmaker.
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