Unlawful Corporate Fund Investment and Favoritism in Job Allocation... Cancellation of Appointment for Daejeon Health University Executive

Ministry of Education Cancels Approval of Executives at Cheongun Academy and Daejeon Health University

An executive of the Cheongun Academy Foundation was dismissed after investing 3 billion KRW of the foundation's funds into his own company, assigning secretarial duties and driving tasks to the office and foundation staff, and processing salaries through the foundation's accounting.

On the 5th, the Ministry of Education disclosed the audit results of the Cheongun Academy Foundation and Daejeon Health University, canceling the appointment approval of one executive. The ministry filed charges regarding contracts with an unregistered specialized construction company and requested an investigation into one case of improper payment for goods purchased.

Executive A invested 3 billion KRW of foundation funds into company B Development, where he is the CEO, without board approval. He had foundation employees drive for both work and personal errands and processed labor costs of 231.15 million KRW through the foundation's accounting. This executive assigned secretarial duties exclusively to an office staff member and executed a salary payment of 131.58 million KRW through the school fund accounting. Additionally, 31.17 million KRW for vehicle fuel expenses was paid from the foundation's accounting without supporting driving logs.

He signed a private contract with his own company to supply equipment and procured cheaper paint than the bidding announcement regulations allowed, yet paid the amount as per regulations, resulting in a loss of 263.34 million KRW. He also signed a private contract with his company for cleaning, security, and maintenance personnel services worth 4.37736 billion KRW, which should have been subject to competitive bidding. The Ministry of Education imposed severe disciplinary actions on four individuals involved in the goods purchase and one person involved in the service contract, totaling four people.

Additionally, five employees of Gangneung-Wonju National University received severe disciplinary actions. During the recruitment process for the East Coast Marine Biological Resources Research Center, an unqualified person was hired, leading to charges of obstruction of business. The qualification criteria were not included in the recruitment announcement, and applicants holding certificates were eliminated during the document screening.

It was also revealed that 12 faculty members attended 74 graduate-level master's and doctoral courses (totaling 2,993 hours) during working hours without obtaining work permission. Furthermore, they received excess payments totaling 21.454 million KRW, including 3.81 million KRW in annual leave compensation and 17.63 million KRW in salary, resulting in severe disciplinary actions for two individuals and lighter disciplinary actions for seven others.

One faculty member was severely disciplined and referred for investigation for using 5.24 million KRW of research funds without prior travel orders or supporting documents during a research project and leaving the workplace 76 times without institutional approval. The Ministry of Education imposed personnel actions on 183 individuals at Gangneung-Wonju National University, including five severe disciplinary cases, took administrative actions on 30 cases, and decided to recover 108 million KRW from 13 cases.

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