경찰은 더불어민주당 서영교 의원의 출판기념회에서 책값을 넘는 돈이 수령되었다는 의혹에 대해 무혐의 처분을 내렸습니다. 경찰은 출판기념회가 정치 활동으로 보기 어렵고, 책값은 정치 자금으로 볼 수 없다고 판단했습니다. 또한, 출판사가 도서 매매 대금으로 받은 금액이므로 기부금으로 보기 어렵다는 논리도 제시했습니다. 청탁금지법 및 뇌물수수 혐의 역시 책값 정가 초과분까지 포함해 서 의원이 전액을 수령했다는 정황이 발견되지 않았기 때문에 적용되지 않는다고 판단했습니다. 그러나 경찰은 출판기념회 수익이 정치 자금으로 악용될 가능성에 대한 우려를 제시하며, 현행법상 출판기념회 수입·지출 내역 공개 의무가 없다는 점을 지적했습니다.
Polisi telah memutuskan untuk tidak menuntut anggota parlemen Partai Demokratik Bersama Minjoo Seo Young-kyo atas kecurigaan bahwa dia menerima uang lebih dari harga buku di acara peringatan penerbitan bukunya. Polisi menganggap acara peringatan penerbitan buku tersebut sulit dikategorikan sebagai aktivitas politik, dan harga buku tidak dapat dianggap sebagai dana politik. Selain itu, polisi berpendapat bahwa jumlah yang diterima penerbit sebagai pembayaran penjualan buku bukanlah sumbangan. Tuduhan pelanggaran undang-undang suap dan penerimaan suap juga tidak berlaku karena tidak ditemukan bukti bahwa anggota parlemen Seo menerima seluruh uang tersebut, termasuk kelebihan dari harga buku yang ditetapkan. Namun, polisi menyatakan kekhawatiran tentang kemungkinan penyalahgunaan dana politik dari pendapatan acara peringatan penerbitan buku, dan mencatat bahwa saat ini tidak ada kewajiban untuk mengungkapkan rincian pendapatan dan pengeluaran acara peringatan penerbitan buku.
Police have decided not to prosecute Rep. Seong-kyo Seo of the Democratic Party of Korea over suspicions that he received money exceeding the price of his book at a publication commemorative event. Police determined that the publication commemorative event was difficult to view as political activity and that the book price could not be considered political funds. They also argued that the amount received by the publisher as proceeds from book sales should not be seen as donations. Suspicions of bribery under the Anti-Graft Act were also deemed inapplicable because there was no evidence that Rep. Seo had received the full amount, including any excess over the book's listed price. However, police expressed concern about the possibility of the publication commemorative event's profits being misused for political purposes and pointed out that there is currently no legal obligation to disclose income and expenditure details related to such events.
