Kwonikwi "New Verification Procedures for Transportation Expenses During Business Trips at Public Institutions"

"LH and Others Do Not Require Receipts for Transportation and Accommodation Expenses During Business Trips"

Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission. / Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok] The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission recommended institutional improvements for 360 public institutions without travel-related regulations to establish procedures for settling transportation and accommodation expenses.

On the 11th, the Commission announced that it conducted a corruption impact assessment on travel-related regulations of 491 public institutions and recommended improvements to 360 institutions lacking travel expense settlement regulations.

The 360 public institutions without travel-related regulations did not require submission of receipts for transportation and accommodation expenses.

This made it difficult to verify actual business trips, which could be exploited to commit fraudulent acts such as false business trips or excessive receipt of travel expenses.

In particular, Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH) was criticized during a recent National Assembly audit over allegations of fraudulent receipt of travel expenses by its officials.

Accordingly, the Commission recommended establishing procedures to verify actual business trips through supporting documents such as card receipts when traveling outside the workplace, including settling transportation and accommodation expenses.

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