Public Service Inspection Team of the Office of National Articles of Incorporation"Request for Investigation on Charges of Unfair Recruitment X Emancipation-Detrayal, including Lee Ki-heung, Chairman of the Korea Sports Council"
Nov 10, 2024
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On Sunday, the 10th, the inspection team announced the results of the examination of irregularities targeting the Korean Sports Council from the 8th to the 8th through a rare briefing. The inspection team said it will request the investigation of eight people involved, including the head of the Korea Sports Association, and notify the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of 11 people (overlapping seven people) involved in legal action, including inappropriate words and actions by the head of the Korea Sports Association, after discovering allegations of misconduct such as ▶ illegal recruitment of employees (obstruction of business), ▶ demand for sponsorship of goods (receiving money and valuables, etc.).
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. The following is a full text of the results of the investigation into irregularities by the Korea Sports Council announced by the inspection plan.
① First, the chairman of the Korean 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).
h This position is in charge of training management in the athletes' village, and △ national team experience △ qualification as a professional sports leader of the second level was previously set as a requirement.
Chairman ㅇ delivered A's resume to the high-ranking B of the athlete's village and instructed the relevant officials (B, C, and D) to ease the qualification requirements several times.
- '22. In June, he ignored internal reports that it was necessary to lower the salary when the qualification requirements were relaxed, and in particular, in July, he replaced the head of the hiring department who opposed the relaxation of the requirements.
h As a result, the job announcement ('22.8.9) was made with all the existing △ national team experience △ leadership qualifications deleted, and A was finally hired.
- In this process, high-ranking member of the athlete's village B participated as an interviewer and gave the highest score among the candidates to a specific person designated by the chairman.
※ The chairman and related persons who ordered and entrusted the recruitment of a specific person request an investigation into the alleged obstruction of the fair recruitment work of the Korean Sports Council
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.
h According to the relevant statements, F has long been close to the president and conveyed to the president that he would like to hold a major position related to the Paris Olympics in early 24,
After expressing his intention to pay for the goods ('24.May), OFF actually took the position he hoped for, and then paid about 80 million won for the purchase of goods ('24.August).
※ △ Violation of Article 8 of the Solicitation Prohibition Act (receiving money and goods, etc.) △ Possession of Article 130 of the Criminal Act (providing third-party bribery)? Request for investigation
③ Third, a number of inappropriate words and actions by the chairman of the Korean Sports Council were confirmed.
h Through the statements of many employees, it was confirmed that the chairman had been habitually swearing and verbally abusing sports association employees.
- While receiving a report that a salary reduction needs to be made when hiring employees of the national team village ('22.June), he repeated abusive language and verbal abuse for about an hour, becoming angry and saying, "What kind of XXXX is saying that?"
- At the Paris Olympic team's dismissal ceremony meeting ('24.8.11.) "If the Minister of Culture comes to the event, I will take action against you." the statement
- During the discussion on the budget of the Korea Sports Association, he verbally abused the person in charge of the budget at the time ('21. First half of the year)"You are XX of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, XX of the sports association"
h In addition, it was confirmed that the chairman conducted a less urgent local schedule, such as drinking with employees near the Jincheon National Training Center during the ongoing parliamentary audit to avoid attending witnesses.
- The chairman was originally adopted as a witness at the National Assembly Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee's parliamentary audit held on October 24th, but submitted a statement of absence to the National Assembly (10.23) on the grounds that he had to attend the business agreement ceremony for the establishment of the National Youth Sports Complex Center held in Namwon, Jeollabuk-do on the same day.
- However, even though the business agreement ceremony ended at 11:55 a.m. on the day of the parliamentary audit, the chairman visited the Jincheon National Training Center (around 17:33) during the middle of the parliamentary audit and had a meal with bomb liquor with the athletes' village staff at a nearby restaurant.( ※The relevant parliamentary audit will be conducted until 01:39 on the following day)
h In addition, there is a suspicion that the chairman of the sports association received a total of 4 types of 63 million won worth of goods, including 20 mobile phones, from the marketing revenue of the Pyeongchang Olympics owned by the sports association, and provided 14 mobile phones (equivalent to 17 million won) to acquaintances without recording them in the distribution ledger,
- From July 2021 to February 2024, among the sponsored items allocated to other departments, shoes and sunglasses worth 35 million won were unilaterally brought to the chairman's office, of which items worth 16 million won were directly used or provided to visitors. ※ If the sponsored goods are the property of the sports association and have been used privately, the possession of the crime of embezzlement under Article 355 (1) of the Criminal Act and request for investigation
④ Fourth, as already reported in the media, it was confirmed that the Paris Olympics observers were also improperly operated.
The chairman of the sports association recommended including five acquaintances not related to the sports world in the 98-member observation group, and provided preferential treatment so that they could carry out separate schedules such as tours that were not planned.
- On the other hand, there was a suspicion that the sports association paid for the airfare of these five people (301 to 3.36 million won per person), but it was not confirmed due to non-cooperation by the Korean Sports Association.
h In addition, the person in charge of the observation team (G, H) pre-purchased 405 tickets (18.7 billion won) in violation of the procedure and left them without refunding the tickets (75 tickets, worth 32.15 million won) that were not needed afterwards, and managed the budget inappropriately.
※ △Request for an investigation into the possibility of negligence in business under Article 356 of the Criminal Act, in cases where the sports association has paid the expenses of the participants and the failure to refund the admission ticket △ caused property damage to the sports association
⑤ Fifth, it was confirmed that the Korean Sports Association's system of recruiting and managing sponsored goods was very sloppy and negligent.
ㅇ There was a suspicion that the high-ranking E of the national team's athletes' village contacted the sponsor directly, who was involved in the job, and stored the bedding set (KRW 4.705 million) separately and arbitrarily used it in the athletes' village. * According to internal regulations, the collection and distribution of sponsored goods should be managed by the commodity management department
※ Possibility of violation of Article 8 of the Solicitation Prohibition Act (Prohibition of Receiving Money, etc.) by requesting the provision of money and goods to a person related to his/her duties, and request for investigation
h From '16. January to '24. October, the Sports Association received a total of 28 billion won worth of goods through sponsorship, donation or profit projects, but the sponsored goods management department did not check whether the goods were being used properly by the use department, and the use department was also using sponsored goods, such as not managing the use records.
⑥ Sixth, it was confirmed that there were a number of problems with the operation of other sports associations.
- Pre-execution of the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games Observation Group's operating budget without prior resolution by the board of directors (violation of the articles of incorporation)
- Revision of contract regulations to expand the reason for private contracts (when contracting exclusive supply rights) to sponsors without approval from the Minister of Economy and Finance (through this, a total of 105 cases, signing of private contracts of about 17.9 billion won)
※The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is also responsible for approving contract regulations without authority
- Waste of relevant budget following sudden changes to the venue for the Paris Olympic team's dismissal ceremony on the same day
- Use of credit card for business promotion expenses other than the place of work without handling service such as business trip payment
- Pre-payment of business promotion expenses through preparation of false evidence, etc
□ During the inspection, the inspection team suffered from non-cooperation and obstruction of some executives and employees of the Korea Sports Association.
-(Avoid face-to-face investigation) The chairman avoids the request for attendance without justifiable grounds
- * A wide range of face-to-face investigation schedules were presented so that the chairman could attend and the chairman could choose, but * The chairman was suggested to choose between '24.11.5~9 days of
- △Require an unprecedented written investigation or △Require a long-term delay in attendance without specific evidence
-(Unauthorized removal of business PC hard disks) On the day of the inspection team's visit, the athlete village executive D arbitrarily removes the hard disk from his or her work PC and attempts to move and store it
* Subsequently, a hard disk is submitted upon request of an inspector? It is currently sealed and stored in the audit office of the Korea Sports Council
-(Hospitalized the day before attendance) Even after responding to the request for attendance on the 24th, October 18, the athlete village executive D unilaterally sent a medical certificate (hospitalized with a lumbar disc) in the afternoon, the day before attendance, and notified that he could not attend
-(Unauthorized annual leave) Even though the athlete village executive D and employee A were informed in advance that they would continue further investigation the next day during the first investigation, they refused to comply with the investigation by pushing ahead with the annual leave without permission on the same day
-(Rejection of data submission) Employee I of the chairman's office refuses to submit the data, saying that the data requested by the inspection team is not available even though the data is stored on his/her work PC
* Subsequently, the inspection team secures the data during the PC verification process with the consent of the parties
(Non-cooperation on submission of data from service companies) The accounting team of the sports association submitted a request by the inspection team to submit data from service companies related to the Paris Olympics observers on the grounds of the relevant company's 'Destruction of data'
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