Badminton Association still unable to find the number of times 'Joint investigation with an investigation committee disapproved by the Ministry of Culture?'

Aug 23, 2024

(Seoul=Yonhap News) Reporter Hong Hae-in = President Yoon Suk Yeol and First Lady Kim Gun-hee greet badminton gold medalist Ahn Se-young and her family at the"2024 Paris Olympic Team Encouragement Event" held at a hotel in Seoul on the 22nd. 2024.8.22 hihong@yna.co.kr

(Seoul=Yonhap News) Reporter Hong Hae-in = Ahn Se-young, the gold medalist in women's singles in badminton at the 2024 Paris Olympics, attends the '2024 Paris Olympics Team Encouragement Event' held at a hotel in Seoul on the 22nd and is waiting for the event to begin. 2024.8.22 hihong@yna.co.kr

"Still pointing out the number index wrong."

The Badminton Korea Association, which has been in a dogmatic administrative mess over the resolution of the 'Ahn Se-young' incident, is drawing criticism.

This is because the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism temporarily suspended the activities of its own fact-finding committee due to the correction order, exposing the poor perception of reality,

The association recently formed a fact-finding committee related to the 'Ahn Se-young incident' without discussing it with the board of directors, and was advised by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to form it through formal procedures.

However, the association pushed ahead with a fact-finding investigation into the national team's coaches and coaches in the first closed meeting on the 16th, and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism issued a corrective order that increased the level.

In the end, the association announced on the 22nd that it would temporarily suspend the investigation committee's activities and ask the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism for a joint investigation, said in an interview with a media outlet that `If the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism asks for cooperation in the future, there is a possibility that the investigation committee members will be used.'

In response, the badminton community insists on the attitude that the association will cooperate with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism despite the fact that it has been put on hold by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism" was criticized.

(Youngjongdo=Yonhap News) Reporter Han Sang-gyun = Chairman of the Badminton Korea Association Kim Taek-gyu, who returned to Korea on the 7th, answers questions from reporters at Incheon International Airport. Chairman Kim, who accompanied him to the Paris Olympics, returned before the squad. xyz@yna.co.kr

The association's investigation committee was formed by Chairman Kim Taek-kyu without discussing the board of directors according to the articles of association. Of the five investigators, three outside members (two lawyers and two professors) found out only after the association's secretariat received a list from Chairman Kim, and the board has so far remained closed to the public. The two internal members (chairman of the Human Rights Commission, administrative audit) are classified as close aides to Chairman Kim.

For this reason, criticism has been raised since the beginning of the investigation team itself, saying that it goes against fairness and common sense. This is also the reason why Ahn Se-young refused to comply with the association's request to attend a fact-finding investigation.

It is said that the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will support cooperation in the investigation while maintaining the discredited investigation team. "The index is incorrectly pointed out." is a self-inflicted point.

In particular, if a corrective order was received from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism for violating procedural regulations, it is common sense to hold an emergency board meeting that is omitted and reorganize the investigation committee by properly following the resolution process. However, the association still insists on an investigation committee lacking legitimacy, saying that it has not completely dismantled the investigation committee, as if it still has no intention of holding a board meeting.

Ahn Se-young held a meeting with Democratic Party members of the National Assembly's Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee on the 22nd and said, `I hope the problem will not grow anymoreInstead of temporarily suspending the investigation committee's activities, the association said it would continue to pursue interviews with Ahn Se-young.

Concerns are also rising over whether the association, which shows no signs of remorse over the wrong administration of the investigation committee, will be able to communicate candidly with Ahn Se-young.

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