Citizen Group Files Complaint Against Na Kyung-won Over Alleged Favoritism in Hiring Acquaintance's Child

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[Asia Economy Reporter Song Seung-yoon] Civic groups including the Minsheng Economy Research Institute have filed a complaint with the prosecution against Na Kyung-won, a member of the Liberty Korea Party, over allegations of hiring irregularities involving an acquaintance's child. This is the 10th time these groups have submitted a complaint related to various misconduct allegations against Representative Na.

On the morning of the 22nd, the Minsheng Economy Research Institute and other civic groups announced that they had filed a complaint with the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, accusing Representative Na of obstruction of business and breach of trust.

The civic groups claim that while Na was serving as the chairperson of the Korea Special Olympics Committee (Special Committee), she improperly hired an acquaintance's child at the organization.

These groups stated, "The Special Committee selected Mr. A through an open recruitment process for the international affairs department in 2013, but Mr. A was not originally included in the list of 28 open recruitment applicants or the final interview candidates," adding, "Despite having a separate oral interview, Mr. A was ultimately selected over other applicants."

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They continued, "Mr. A's father is a lawyer who graduated from Seoul National University Law School with Representative Na and also worked as a judge alongside Na's husband," adding, "It is suspected that the acquaintance's child was hired through abnormal means."

Since September of last year until recently, these groups have submitted a total of nine complaints against Representative Na. These complaints mainly urged investigations into allegations of irregularities in her child's college admissions, private academy corruption, and privatization suspicions involving Special Olympics Korea.

Ahn Jin-geol, director of the Minsheng Economy Research Institute, said, "Although multiple complaints have been filed, the prosecution has not conducted any investigations beyond a few complainant interviews," and added, "A forced investigation into Representative Na must be initiated."

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