Politics · South Korea · 1 hr ago
Hwang calls for answers over alleged Jeonbuk primary poll manipulation
Hwang Hyun-sun urged the Democratic Party to explain alleged polling manipulation in local election primaries in Jeonbuk, South Korea.
Police forwarded 167 people, including a former Jinan county mayoral candidate, to prosecutors over alleged manipulation of party primary polls in Imsil and Jinan.
The group reportedly includes 34 alleged organizers and 133 other participants.
Hwang said the party should apologize to residents and identify those who directed or backed the activity before the Dec.
3 statute-of-limitations deadline.
He argued that people who were elected and those behind the alleged scheme should also face accountability, or similar conduct could happen again.
Hwang also called on the party to introduce reforms, but no response or next steps from the party were reported.
Hwang Hyeon-seon, a senior official of the Rebuilding Korea Party, urged the Democratic Party to apologize over alleged manipulation of a local election primary poll in North Jeolla.
He called for those behind the alleged manipulation to be identified before the statute of limitations expires on December 3.
Hwang said 167 people, including the then Jinan county mayoral candidate, had been referred to prosecutors over alleged polling manipulation in the Imsil and Jinan areas.
He said the case should not be treated as a minor breach and called for a thorough party overhaul.
- Who
- Hwang Hyeon-seon, a senior official of the Rebuilding Korea Party and party district chair in Jeonju.
- What
- He urged the Democratic Party to apologize and identify those behind alleged local-election primary poll manipulation.
- When
- November 6, 2026. He cited December 3 as the statute-of-limitations deadline.
- Where
- The alleged manipulation concerned the Imsil and Jinan areas of North Jeolla, South Korea.
- Why
- Hwang said those responsible must be held accountable to prevent similar alleged crimes from recurring.
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Hwang issued a statement calling on the Democratic Party to apologize and identify those behind the alleged manipulation.
The statute of limitations cited by Hwang is due to expire.
- People referred to prosecutors
- 167
- Alleged leaders
- 34
- Other alleged participants
- 133
- Areas named
- Imsil and Jinan
- Statute-of-limitations date cited
- December 3
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What people are saying
The Democratic Party must apologize to residents over manipulation of local election primary polls and identify those behind it before the statute of limitations expires on December 3.
A massive organized crime in which 34 leaders and 133 ordinary participants were referred to prosecutors cannot be covered up as a simple deviation.