Application for Protection of Whistleblower Reporting Verbal Abuse and Unfair Personnel Practices by Kwon Ik-wi, President of Korea Racing Authority Received

Jeon Hyun-hee, Chairperson of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission. (Photo by Yonhap News)

[Sejong=Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok] The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission has received a protection application for a whistleblower within the Korea Racing Authority and has begun an investigation.

The Commission announced on the 1st that it is processing reports received from employees who refused to follow the unfair orders of Kim Unam, Chairman of the Korea Racing Authority.

They reported to the Commission that after refusing Chairman Kim's directive in April to hire a former aide from his time as a member of the National Assembly as the head of the Secretariat at the Korea Racing Authority, they were subjected to verbal abuse. Additionally, last month, following the whistleblowing, they applied to the Commission for protection, claiming they were subjected to unfair transfer measures.

The Commission judged that the whistleblower's report met the requirements under relevant laws regarding the content and method of reporting, and accepted the protection application. Accordingly, the whistleblower is entitled to confidentiality of identity, personal protection, prohibition of disadvantageous measures, and exemption from responsibility.

Along with this, the Commission has also launched an investigation into whether the transfer measures against the whistleblower were unfair. Once the investigation is completed, a decision will be made on whether to take protective measures such as restoring the whistleblower to their original position.

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