Gyeonggi-do Officials Who Received Bribes and Entertainment Will Undergo 20 Hours of 'Integrity Education'

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] From now on, Gyeonggi-do public officials caught giving or receiving money or entertainment will be subject to strict punishment (disciplinary action) and required to complete 20 hours of integrity education.

Gyeonggi-do announced on the 3rd that it plans to conduct mandatory integrity education for those involved in bribery and entertainment-related misconduct to eradicate public official misconduct.

This is a follow-up measure to the Gyeonggi-do public officials' three major priority misconduct prevention plan established last month.

The province is implementing strong personnel measures such as focused sending of misconduct prevention messages, customized education by position and target, strengthening public service inspection, and restrictions on promotion and education to eradicate major recurring misconduct such as drunk driving, sex crimes, and bribery, thereby establishing public service discipline.

Until now, among the three major priority misconducts of public officials, drunk driving and sex crimes legally included mandatory education completion as part of punishment regulations, whereas bribery and entertainment-related misconduct did not have separate mandatory education requirements.

The province determined that to fundamentally block misconduct, it is necessary to complete integrity education along with punishment, and thus included those involved in bribery and entertainment-related misconduct in the mandatory education targets.

Accordingly, public officials affiliated with the province must complete 20 hours of integrity education annually when disciplined for bribery or entertainment-related misconduct. Additionally, they must submit supporting documents upon completion of the education. The province plans to demand disciplinary action through compliance audits if the integrity education is not completed without justifiable reasons.

Meanwhile, public officials involved in bribery or entertainment-related misconduct will face promotion restrictions, and those under serious disciplinary requests for job-related bribery will be suspended from their positions. Furthermore, during disciplinary resolutions, mitigation will be limited according to the zero-tolerance principle.

A provincial official explained, "Gyeonggi-do applies a zero-tolerance principle to major crimes that undermine the social trust of public officials," adding, "We plan to continue implementing various measures to achieve zero misconduct."

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