Hamyang-gun Conducts Special Audit Across All Departments to Raise Awareness and Prevent Corruption Occurrence in Advance

Hamyang County Office building view

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] “We will start with internal self-purification efforts.”

Seo Chun-soo, the mayor of Hamyang County, announced on the 2nd, “By the end of this year, we will organize an internal audit team to conduct special audits targeting five major corruption-prone areas across all departments.”

This special audit was prompted by key issues revealed in recent audit results from higher authorities, including the Board of Audit and Inspection’s report on the county’s wild ginseng subsidy project, as well as the county’s consistently lowest rankings in public institution integrity assessments.

The five corruption-prone areas selected for focused audits are ▲ single-person estimate private contracts for various construction works (services) ▲ operation and management of county-run facilities ▲ fraudulent claims of overtime pay and in-county travel expenses ▲ slate removal and roof improvement support project processing ▲ overall execution of research service fees (such as product development) in private subsidy projects.

The purpose is to identify problems arising during the handling of tasks in these vulnerable areas, derive improvement measures, raise awareness within the public service to preemptively block the likelihood of corruption, and thereby enhance the satisfaction and integrity of administrative services for the county residents.

Mayor Seo stated, “Through autonomous inspections by the county, we will analyze the causes and problems in vulnerable areas, prepare comprehensive countermeasures, disseminate them, strengthen each public official’s responsibility for their duties, and contribute to improving integrity.”

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