The Supreme Court will deliver its final ruling on the election bribery case of Seoul's education chief Kwak No-hyun next week, the court said Tuesday.
The ruling will be made known on Sept. 27 in the No. 1 court room.
Kwak, the liberal-minded head of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, was indicted last year on charges of bribing a fellow liberal candidate to drop out of the election for the seat in 2010.
After rival candidate Park Myoung-gee withdrew a few days before the election day after receiving 200 million won ($178,842), Kwak won the seat by a narrow margin.
Despite Kwak's claims the money given to Park by Kwak's aide was not payment for Park's withdrawal, a regional Seoul court in January fined him 30 million won for violating the election law.
A Seoul appellate court in April sentenced Kwak to a one-year prison term, saying the lower regional court's fine was too light.
Under the election law, the education chief will lose his post if the top court hands down a punishment of at least 1 million won in fines. He will then also have to return about 3.52 billion won he received from the national election watchdog during his campaign. (Yonhap)