Receiving corporate cards and allowances, renting luxury cars... LH employees have been lax in discipline until recently

LH Discipline Still Lax... Bribery and Entertainment Rampant

On the 17th, the Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH) was revealed to have widespread misconduct and moral laxity among its employees.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Bong-ju] Cases continue to emerge showing how lax the discipline of employees at Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH) has been.

According to the 2020 LH "Audit Result Disposition Request" released on the Public Institution Management Information System (Alio) on the 17th, LH employees were found to have recently accepted bribes and received entertainment from companies related to their duties.

Some employees received corporate credit cards and pocket money from contracting companies and even requested payment for car rental fees. They also sought job favors after retirement.

Employee A at LH invested in shares of a company related to their duties and used a corporate credit card. The LH Audit Office requested the company to impose the severe disciplinary action of "dismissal" on A.

Another employee, B, received golf entertainment from a person related to their duties and used a company vehicle for personal purposes 48 times.

Employee C lived in an LH dormitory and inflated management fees and gas bills. C forged bills and embezzled 2.5 million won over 23 months until recently. The LH Audit Office requested "dismissal" for this employee.

Employee D received 500,000 won in pocket money every month for one and a half years from a contracting company. For holiday gifts, D accepted bribes including 2 million won in cash and 1 million won in gift certificates.

D also received entertainment worth about 15 million won, including whiskey, meals, and nightclub visits. D asked for personal loans and requested job favors after retirement.

The Audit Office noted that although D denies receiving a total of 13.2 million won in bribes, the provider's statements are consistent and detailed, making it difficult to accept D's claims.

Employee E was asked to use a specific company's paving blocks at a construction site and received a luxury car with a rental cost of 20 million won from the company, which E used.

In the audit report, LH stated, "Last year, we conducted 22 audits and handled 1,024 cases," adding, "We achieved results that induced cost and expense reductions of about 58.5 billion won."

Last year, 33 employees were disciplined for misconduct, 179 received warnings, and 295 were given cautionary measures.

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