Police are speeding up their investigation into Chairman Lee Ki-heung's alleged misconduct
Nov 13, 2024
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On the 10th, the government's joint public service inspection team announced the results of the Korea Sports Council's irregularities from the 8th to the 8th, and announced that it will request an investigation into eight people involved, including the head of the Korea Sports Council, after finding allegations of irregularities such as ▶ illegal recruitment of employees (obstruction of business), ▶ demand for sponsorship of goods (receiving money, etc.), ▶ private use of sponsored goods ( embezzlement), ▶ waste of the sports council's budget (cheating).
The inspection team ① First, the chairman of the Korea Sports Council was suspected of hiring a specific person (A, college friend of the chairman's child) through unfair instructions when hiring employees of the national athletes' village (based in Jincheon, Chungcheongbuk-do). ② Second, the inspection team secured a statement that E, a high-ranking official of the national athletes' village, requested the chairman of a sports organization (F) to pay for the purchase of health food and game clothes for athletes with the approval of the chairman of the sports association. ③ Third, a number of inappropriate words and actions by the chairman of the Korean Sports Council were confirmed.④ Fourth, as already reported in the media, it was confirmed that the Paris Olympics observers were also improperly operated. ⑤ Fifth, it was confirmed that the Korean Sports Association's system of recruiting and managing sponsored goods was very sloppy and negligent. ⑥ Sixth, we have identified a number of problems with the operation of other sports associations," he said, revealing his plan to request an investigation.
On the 12th, the Korea Sports Council's Sports Fair Committee approved Chairman Lee's qualification for three consecutive terms, and the police seem to be speeding up their investigation from the day after the third term became possible. The police reportedly allocated the embezzlement and breach of trust cases of eight sports association executives and employees, including Chairman Lee Ki-heung, to the anti-corruption investigation unit of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency. The anti-corruption investigation team will launch an investigation after reviewing all data on the corruption case of the Korean Sports Council. Chairman Lee will return home via Incheon International Airport on the afternoon of the 13th after his business trip to the World Olympic City Federation Sports Summit (Lozan, Switzerland).
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