Shinan-gun Public Officials Union Actively Responds with Criminal Complaints Against Malicious Chronic Civil Complaints

The Sinan County Government Employees' Labor Union has issued a statement announcing active measures, including criminal charges, against malicious chronic civil complaints. (Photo by Sinan County Government Employees' Labor Union)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Seo Young-seo] The Sinan County Government Employees' Labor Union (Chairman Kwon Hyun-oh, hereinafter referred to as the union) announced on the 13th that it will actively respond, including filing criminal charges, against malicious chronic complaints.

The union has decided to file criminal charges against Mr. A from Sinui-myeon and Mr. B from Amtae-myeon, who have verbally abused, threatened, and obstructed public officials in recent years.

Mr. A from Sinui-myeon, after returning to his hometown to farm, has been in conflict with local residents and has continuously filed complaints by identifying daily life issues. Since 2017, he has made 39 information disclosure requests and 29 complaint petitions to Sinan County, and in the past two years, he has made 1,147 phone calls to the county office.

The union lamented, “Due to excessive complaint handling, administrative services that should be provided to all residents are wasted on dealing with Mr. A’s personal conflict complaints, causing harm to the good residents.”

They explained, “Mr. A repeatedly calls the county officials about the same issues, reiterating identical claims, and picks quarrels with irrelevant remarks, thereby obstructing work.”

In particular, “When calls become lengthy and officials hang up to attend to other tasks or fail to provide the answers he demands, he files multiple disciplinary complaints against the officials as unkind public servants through the National Civil Complaint Portal and the county audit department. Just last month, he filed four disciplinary complaints against public officials.”

As a result, “The officials in charge are frequently summoned to the audit department and receive warnings, suffering mental damage and severe stress, experiencing trauma and insomnia that make their hearts race at the sound of the phone ringing,” the union expressed regret.

Mr. B from Amtae-myeon, dissatisfied with the lawful administrative actions regarding his waste violation case, repeatedly made threatening calls to the responsible officials demanding to know who reported him. He interfered in township affairs, pressured the township chief to discipline staff, and monitored public officials’ conduct to find weaknesses to exploit. Mr. B is currently under investigation for subsidy embezzlement.

Kwon Hyun-oh, chairman of the Sinan County Government Employees' Labor Union, stated, “The situation has reached a point where further persuasion, understanding, or concession cannot resolve these malicious complaints,” and announced, “We have decided to file criminal charges for obstruction of official duties.”

He added, “All public officials will strive harder to serve the residents and bring happiness to them,” and earnestly appealed to the residents, “We sincerely ask the citizens to show mature civic awareness by respecting and encouraging the lawful execution of public duties by officials so that our society can become safer and happier.”

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