3 Years Since Kim Young-ran Act Enforcement... Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education Receives 9 Reports
13 Fined, 2 Referred to Police Investigation, 5 Disciplinary Actions Taken
[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] It has been confirmed that there were a total of 9 reports at the Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education over three years since the enforcement of the Act on the Prohibition of Improper Solicitation and Graft (Kim Young-ran Act).
According to the Citizens' Group for a Society Without Academic Background on the 10th, from September 2016, when the Kim Young-ran Act was enforced, until December of last year, 13 people requested fines or were fined by the court, 2 people were referred to the police for investigation, and 5 people faced disciplinary actions such as dismissal or pay reduction.
A coach at A High School received 500,000 won as a Lunar New Year greeting fee from 10 parents of students he taught, was fined 10 million won, and was dismissed, while 6 parents who provided the money were each fined 1 million won.
There were also acts of soliciting favors from education office officials.
A director of a private kindergarten left food and other items in front of the home of a public official’s spouse related to their duties, but the public official considered this a violation of the Improper Solicitation and Graft Act and voluntarily reported it to the Anti-Solicitation Officer at the Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education.
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A representative of the Citizens' Group for a Society Without Academic Background said, “Despite being the third year since the enforcement of the Improper Solicitation and Graft Act, cases of violations like these are still occurring, and the Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education must deeply reflect on this.” He added, “Especially, the fact that civic groups are recently casting strong suspicions of violations of the Improper Solicitation and Graft Act against Superintendent Jang Hwi-guk itself calls for a painful moment of reflection for the superintendent as the person involved.”
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