Police Raid Gwangju Seo-gu Office Over 'Illegal Parking Fine Fraud Exemption'

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] The police conducted a search and seizure at the Seo-gu Office in Gwangju Metropolitan City while investigating Seo-gu employees who exempted illegal parking fines after receiving solicitations.

On the morning of the 2nd, the Gwangju Western Police Station sent investigators to the Seo-gu Traffic Division and other departments to seize computers and materials related to parking fine exemptions.

This search and seizure was carried out to strengthen evidence related to the solicitations.

Currently, the police have booked and are investigating 17 individuals, including 5 public officials and 12 public employees, on charges of violating the Improper Solicitation and Graft Act and falsifying electronic public records.

It was found that from January 2018 to November last year, they exempted about 100 parking fines without proper justification after receiving solicitations.

The case was revealed through an audit conducted last year by the Public Service Management Office of the Office for Government Policy Coordination.

Subsequently, it was handed over to the Gwangju City Audit Committee, which uncovered 4,169 cases of inappropriate fine exemptions (approximately 160 million KRW), including solicitations from current and former public officials as well as ordinary citizens.

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