Gyeonggi-do Awards Commendations to 10 Citizen Auditors Contributing to Provincial Administration

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Gyeonggi Province selected and commended 10 citizen auditors who contributed to the development of provincial administration through fair and transparent audits in the comprehensive and specific audits led by the province this year.

Citizen auditors are a system introduced by the province in July 2019 to expand opportunities for external experts to participate in provincial administration and to achieve fair and transparent audits. The citizen auditors consist of 69 members, including professors, lawyers, accountants, and civil engineering and architectural technicians.

The province commended 10 individuals in 7 fields who actively participated in city and county comprehensive audits, proposed improvements for illegal and unfair matters, and requested corrections.

The awardees are: Nam-il Cho and Sung-jong Park in the audit and investigation field; Ju-young Choi in accounting and taxation; Byung-hyuk Kim in transportation; Young-nam Moon and Tae-kyun Na in social welfare; Byung-moo Moon in civil engineering safety; Byung-hee Lee in civil engineering construction; and Myung-jin Kim and Young-joo Yuk in the Korean language field.

The province explained that the citizen auditors who received commendations this time greatly contributed to preventing residents' safety and improving unreasonable procedures by participating in specific audits on large retaining wall management, proper use of public language, unfair acts in public construction, and city and county comprehensive audits.

The province produces and distributes a citizen auditor activity report every year at the end of the year to share cases of citizen auditor activities.

The citizen auditor activity report includes vivid on-site audit experiences of 13 citizen auditors, such as Byung-hyuk Kim’s reflection titled "Citizen Auditor Goes Through Heavy Snow and Cold Wave" who participated in the specific audit on large retaining wall management.

Hee-soo Kim, the provincial auditor, explained, "Citizen auditors can conduct fair and transparent audits because they audit from the perspective of experts and external institutions rather than internal public officials. They play a salt-like role in Gyeonggi Province’s audit administration by taking responsibility for residents' safety and actively demanding improvements on illegal and unfair matters."

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