Former Rep. Kim Young-sun was sentenced by Changwon District Court to one year in prison, suspended for two years, and fined 1 million Korean won for receiving 40.5 million won in political funds disguised as legal consulting fees. The court ordered the money confiscated and convicted Kim of failing to supervise her accounting officer in 2023, while acquitting her of allegations involving industrial-complex information, real estate speculation, National Assembly policy-development funds and other accounting violations. Businessman A, who provided the funds, received a suspended sentence, while accounting officer Kang Hye-kyoung was fined 9 million Korean won for false entries, improper spending and involvement in Kim’s separate nomination-related political-funds case involving political broker Myung Tae-kyun.