'Korea Sports Council Presses All-Way Investigation' Prosecutor's Office Jincheon X Pyeongchang Training Center's raid and search...Auditing Board of Audit and Inspection X Textbook at the same time
Nov 28, 2024
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In June, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism requested the prosecution to investigate allegations of fraudulent contracts between A, a facility management service provider in the athletes' village, and the Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors' Office conducted a seizure search in the morning of the 28th for the first time in five months. The Korean Sports Council has continued to sign a 7 billion won facility management service contract with the company, and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has raised suspicions of collusion in the service bidding process. A search and seizure is underway for the Jincheon National Training Center's management department and the vice-president's office, and it is also expected to conduct a search and seizure of the Pyeongchang National Training Center and the Seoul Olympic Center. After the Board of Audit and Inspection launched a special audit of the Korea Sports Council on the 27th, a day after Lee Ki-heung, chairman of the Korea Sports Council, submitted a letter of intent to run for the third term, a full-fledged investigation into various allegations of irregularities began on the 28th.
It is an all-round investigation into the Korean Sports Council. On the 10th, the government's joint public service inspection team in the Cabinet Office announced the results of the Korea Sports Association's irregularities and requested eight people, including the chairman of the Korea Sports Association, to investigate allegations of irregularities such as ▶ illegal hiring of employees (obstruction of business), ▶ demand for sponsorship (receiving money and goods), ▶ private use of sponsored goods ( embezzlement), ▶ waste of the sports association's budget (cheating). The police assigned the case to the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's Anti-Corruption Investigation Unit, and an investigation into this part will be carried out soon.
Along with the investigation by the prosecution and police, the Board of Audit and Inspection and the Ministry of Culture will also conduct an audit. On the 27th, a day after Lee Ki-heung, chairman of the Korea Sports Council, submitted a letter of intent to run for a third term, the Board of Audit and Inspection announced that it would launch a special audit of the Korea Sports Council. Recently, transparency and fairness issues regarding the selection process of national team leaders and athletes have been raised, unfair contracts and timeliness controversy has been raised over support for athletes' training and activities and protection for injuries and human rights violations. As the National Assembly and the media continue to raise suspicions of power monopoly and improper execution of budget in the operation of the Korea Sports Council and affiliated sports organizations, the Board of Audit and Inspection has announced that there are structural problems in the operation of the Korea Sports Council and the supervision of affiliated sports organizations, including subsidies and donations, We plan to look at the overall management and supervision of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism" and began collecting data on the Korean Sports Council from November 27, 2024" he said. "Some of the public interest audit requests requested by the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the President of the Korea Sports Council will be reviewed together in the audit above."," he added. The Board of Audit and Inspection said, "Through this special audit, we will improve the chronic and structural problems of the sports community as well as unfair practices." he said.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced a three-week audit of the Korea Sports Council and the Korea Football Association from the 2nd to the 20th of next month. After the controversy over reducing the dismissal ceremony at the Paris Olympics and Ahn Se-young's decisive remarks, the government and the National Assembly are increasingly putting pressure on the Korean Sports Council, causing a storm of gratitude and a typhoon of investigation.
Meanwhile, the Seoul Songpa Police Station's intelligent investigation team executed a search and seizure warrant against the Korean Badminton Association earlier in the day. He also conducted a physical search on Chairman Kim Taek-kyu, who is attending the Wonwon Yonex Korea Junior Competition in Miryang, South Gyeongsang Province, and confiscated his mobile phone. This is also the result of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's audit of the Badminton Association and request for investigation on charges of violating the Subsidy Act and embezzlement and breach of trust.
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