Won Hee-ryong: "If All Ministry of Land Staff Are Involved, It Is a Serious Crime"

Eastar Air's Consecutive Hiring Corruption Mentioned
"Thorough Investigation to Hold Responsible"

"We will conduct a thorough investigation to verify the facts and hold those responsible accountable."

On the 13th, Won Hee-ryong, Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, mentioned the repeated hiring corruption at Eastar Jet through social networking services (SNS) and said, "If the allegations involving all employees of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport are true, it is a serious crime."

In particular, Minister Won criticized, "Hiring unqualified personnel threatens the lives and safety of the people who use airplanes."

He continued, "Because of the 'dad chance' to hire his daughter, someone else was rejected," pointing out that "the value of fairness was damaged and it caused frustration among young people."

Meanwhile, the Eastar Jet hiring corruption allegations involve former lawmaker and Eastar Jet founder Lee Sang-jik and former Eastar Jet CEO Choi Jong-gu, who were indicted and detained on November 1 last year on charges of instructing HR personnel to pass applicants who had requested favors during the hiring process. The trial is currently ongoing.

At a trial held on the 12th at the Jeonju District Court regarding the hiring corruption charges against former lawmaker Lee, testimony emerged that when the daughter of a former Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport employee A was rejected in the Eastar Jet document screening, there were internal remarks within the company saying "We made it so the plane couldn't take off."

Although A's daughter failed the document screening, it is known that she proceeded through the first and second interviews and was ultimately hired.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.