Gyeonggi-do Awards 190.5 Billion KRW in Rewards and Incentives to 42 Whistleblowers

Gyeonggi Province will pay compensation and rewards totaling 119.05 million won to 42 whistleblowers. Graphic provided by Gyeonggi Provincial Government

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Gyeonggi Province will pay a total of 119.05 million KRW in rewards and compensation to 42 whistleblowers through the 'Gyeonggi Province Public Interest Whistleblowing Hotline' over the course of this year.

Gyeonggi Province announced on the 15th that it held the Public Interest Whistleblowing Support Committee four times this year and decided to pay compensation of 39.65 million KRW to 2 whistleblowers who reported illegal subcontracting and false construction cost claims, and rewards of 79.4 million KRW to 40 whistleblowers who realized public interest through their reports.

The province will first pay rewards totaling 12.22 million KRW to 8 whistleblowers who reported violations of the Framework Act on the Construction Industry, the Water Environment Conservation Act, the Infant Care Act, and the Freight Truck Transportation Business Act.

Additionally, it was decided to pay a reward of 5 million KRW to a whistleblower who reported twice that foul odors and green algae were occurring due to wastewater discharged from a golf course. It was revealed that the golf course washed carts and discharged water pollutants directly into the stormwater drain without reprocessing them through treatment facilities. The province filed a complaint against the site manager for violating the Water Environment Conservation Act and imposed a three-month suspension of operations on the golf course cart washing facility.

The province will also pay a reward of 1.52 million KRW to a whistleblower who reported a daycare center director for fraudulent subsidy claims. The director was found to have falsely recorded children's pick-up times to unjustly receive extended childcare fees, registered children who had left as if they were attending, or falsely entered non-attending children as present, thereby fraudulently receiving subsidies.

Meanwhile, the breakdown of rewards and compensation by type is as follows: ▲Reports of consumer interest violations such as fraudulent daycare subsidies and private freight truck paid transportation (7 cases / 4.82 million KRW) ▲Reports threatening residents' safety such as illegal subcontracting, illegal storage of hazardous materials, and illegal operation of social welfare facilities (15 cases / 79.36 million KRW) ▲Reports of environmental pollution such as illegal waste and unregistered air emission facilities (19 cases / 32.77 million KRW) ▲Reports threatening residents' health such as unauthorized mask sales (1 case / 2.1 million KRW).

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