Im Jong-sik, the first trial of the Gyeongbuk Superintendent of Education, was sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in prison.

Gyeongsangbuk-do Superintendent Lim Jong-sik, who was put on trial for mobilizing education officials to campaign and receive tens of millions of won in bribes, was sentenced to prison in the first trial.

The Daegu District Court's Pohang Branch sentenced superintendent Lim to two and a half years in prison, a fine of 30 million won, and a fine of 37 million won.

However, he did not make a court arrest, saying there was no fear of fleeing and the possibility of destroying evidence was small.

The court said the reason for the sentencing was that superintendent Lim was responsible for harming election fairness, but considered that he was in poor health and was a first-time offender.Superintendent

was put on trial in 2018 for using an organization composed of faculty members of the Gyeongbuk Office of Education for campaigning in the local elections and for giving money and valuables to be provided to election camp officials instead.