I mean, the public officials who were demanding bribes from people to get phones and the people who were paying the bribes -- they knew they were breaking the law.
휴대폰을 얻으려는 사람에게  뇌물을 요구하던 공무원과 그리고 실제로 뇌물을 준 사람들은 자신이 법을 어기고 있다는 것을  알고 있었습니다.