Gwangju City, Seo-gu Announces Results of Special Audit on Illegal Parking and Stopping
63 Current and Former Public Officials and Public Employees Caught for Improper Solicitation and Other Violations
[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] The Gwangju Metropolitan City Audit Committee announced on the 1st the results of a special audit on the imposition of fines for illegal parking and stopping in Seo-gu, conducted over 20 days from January 4th.
The Audit Committee conducted a full investigation of 24,736 cases of fines exempted by Seo-gu Office for illegal parking and stopping from January 2018 to November 2020, and found ▲poor operation of the Parking Violation Fine Statement Review Committee ▲unjust non-imposition of fines in 4,169 cases (3,590 vehicles / about 127 million KRW) ▲and exemption of fines due to improper requests by 63 public officials including current and former civil servants and public employees.
Accordingly, the Audit Committee notified Seo-gu to ▲issue warnings to officials related to the poor operation of the Parking Violation Fine Statement Review Committee ▲prepare measures to impose fines on the 4,169 cases (about 127 million KRW) that were not imposed and issued an institutional warning ▲request disciplinary action against a total of 63 people, including 59 related to fine exemption requests and 4 who neglected fine imposition duties ▲and request investigation for 16 related persons who unjustly exempted fines after receiving requests. These audit results were communicated yesterday.
Lee Gap-jae, Chairperson of the City Audit Committee, said, “Taking this special audit as an opportunity, we will strengthen duty inspections to prevent recurrence of unjust fine exemptions for parking violation vehicles that have been customarily carried out.”
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Meanwhile, the detailed audit results are scheduled to be disclosed on the city website after the one-month period for re-examination requests has passed.
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