Two South Korean opposition lawmakers have been charged in court in connection with their alleged involvement in the hiring scandal inside in the locals-only casino Kangwon Land.

KBS World Radio reported that Rep. Yeom Dong-yeol and Rep. Kweon Seong-dong, members of the conservative Liberty Korea Party, were indicted in court for abuse of power and business interference following allegations that they wielded their influence to ensure the employment of their acquaintances in Kangwon Land.

The case against Kweon and Yeom stemmed from the investigation conducted by South Korean prosecutors against former Kangwon Land CEO Choi Heung-jip, who was accused of hiring hundreds of people based on their political connections.

The hiring scandal, which rocked the governing Democratic Party, was dubbed in South Korea as the “Kangwon Land Gate.” It was also described as “a crime which would have been possible only in the 1960s or ‘70s.”