18-month prison term sought for Seoul mayor on charges of accepting illegal funds

SEOUL, June 17 (Yonhap) -- A special counsel team on Wednesday sought an 18-month prison term for Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon on charges of accepting illegal political funds.

Oh is suspected of having his political support make payments for opinion polls ahead of the mayoral by-election in 2021.

The team of special counsel Min Joong-ki made the sentencing recommendation at the Seoul Central District Court after indicting Oh in December on charges of violating the Political Funds Act.

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon appears at the Seoul Central District Court in southern Seoul on June 17, 2026, for his trial on suspicions of making proxy payments for opinion polls. (Yonhap)