Jun Ji-hye, a reporter at the finance desk of The Korea Times, focuses primarily on economic policy and government agencies, mainly covering the Ministry of Finance and Economy, the Ministry of Budget and Planning, the National Tax Service and the Korea Customs Service. She previously covered financial authorities, including the Financial Services Commission and the Financial Supervisory Service, and earlier worked on the political, city and business desks, reporting on a wide range of issues.
Huh accuses Ahn of violating Election Law
By Jun Ji-hye
Huh Joon-young
By Jun Ji-hye
Huh Joon-young, the ruling Saenuri Party candidate running in the April 24 by-election in Seoul’s Nowon district, accused his independent counterpart Ahn Cheol-soo of violating the Election Law, Thursday.
Huh lodged an official complaint with the National Election Commission and the district public prosecutor´s office.
“About 30 banners encouraging people to vote are hanging in every street in Sanggye-dong. It appears as if Nowon residents voluntarily put up them, but it was Ahn who was behind this as they contain such words as new politics and mentor that remind people of him,” Huh said in a press release.
Under the law, candidates cannot install any banners that can influence the election.
One of banners that Huh presented as evidence reads “Your vote can achieve new politics in Sanggye-dong,” along with the name of a Nowon resident.
Huh, the former CEO of Korea Railroad (Korail), claimed that the reverse of the banners has the name of the Ahn Cheol-soo camp.
“It is clear that Ahn’s side put up such banners in order to garner more votes,” Huh said.
Huh called for the election watchdog and prosecution to conduct a search and seizure of Ahn’s campaign headquarters as well as the company that produced the banners in order to collect evidence.