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Anyang Mayor Choi Dae-ho, owner of the K League 1 FC Anyang, who held an emergency press conference claiming that the club had suffered a misjudgment, was reportedly investigated by the police. Mayor Choi is suspected of violating the election law for paying disciplinary sanctions imposed by the Korea Professional Football Federation to Anyang clubs at his own expense.
According to Newsis and others on the 29th, Anyang Dongan Police Station summoned Mayor Choi Dae-ho, who was recently accused of violating the election law, as a suspect. The investigation began earlier when a citizen accused Mayor Choi of violating the election law.
Mayor Choi Dae-ho held an emergency press conference in May last year and claimed, "There have been accumulated errors that can determine the flow of the game and determine the outcome beyond the simple misjudgment." Mayor Choi was also controversial for his so-called split remarks, which said, "The K-League is managed by one of the few corporate teams, so improvement is needed," and that it is a civic team that suffers from misjudgment.
Since then, the Professional Football Judgment Council immediately issued a statement of opposition, and the Professional Football Federation also held a reward and punishment committee, and Mayor Choi Dae-ho's press conference was fined 10 million won to the Anyang club, saying that it constitutes a denial of referee authority, slander of the K-League, and loss of honor. At the time, Mayor Choi objected and filed for a retrial, calling it an "unacceptable and unreasonable judgment," but it was rejected by the federation's board of directors.
Since then, Mayor Choi Dae-ho has been investigated and administered by Anyang City's Dongan District Election Commission for paying the sanctions imposed on the club at his own expense, and the investigation has begun due to a civil complaint and has even been investigated by the police. The police will conduct a legal review on whether Mayor Choi's payment of sanctions is a violation of the election law through a question from the NEC and a request to analyze the legal support task force (TF) of the Gyeonggi Southern Police Agency.
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