Audit Board Scandal: Opposition's Kim Euigyeom and Secretary-General Yoo Byungho Targeted

Kim Eo-jun News Factory Interview "Will Accuse Yoo Byung-ho"

Amid a clash between the Audit Committee members and the Audit Office over the disclosure process of the audit result report on Jeon Hyun-hee, Chairperson of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, Kim Eui-gyeom, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, pointed to Yoo Byung-ho, Secretary General of the Board of Audit and Inspection, as the main culprit of this incident.

Earlier, Kim explained that during the Audit Committee meeting held on the 1st, there were objections and requests for revisions regarding the report prepared by the Audit Office, but these were not reflected, and the Audit Office unilaterally electronically registered the audit report in the electronic approval system. According to Kim, the audit report was then unilaterally announced that same afternoon.

Kim also raised suspicions that the Audit Office system has a "view confirmation" button that is considered as having viewed the document once pressed, but Yoo instructed to remove this button so that the viewing status could not be confirmed.

Kim Eui-gyeom, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, is holding a press conference on the afternoon of the 14th at the National Assembly Communication Office in Yeouido, Seoul, regarding the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission audit report's 'false fabrication,' internal whistleblowing within the Board of Audit and Inspection, and illegal acts by President Yoo Byung-ho. Photo by Yonhap News

On the 15th, Kim appeared on the YouTube channel "Kim Eo-jun's Humility is Difficult News Factory" and said, "Secretary General Yoo Byung-ho instructed the IT staff to modify the homepage with the approval sign and to remove the (view confirmation) button."

Regarding the criticism that Audit Committee member Jo Eun-seok, who raised issues about the inappropriate process of announcing the former Chairperson’s audit result report on the Audit Office’s internal bulletin board, might be "pro-Democratic Party," Kim said, "Jo prosecuted Ahn Hee-jung and Lee Kwang-jae when he was a prosecutor," adding, "He prosecuted many more personnel from the Roh Moo-hyun and Moon Jae-in administrations and was even appointed as an audit committee member by Audit Chief Choi Jae-hae."

Furthermore, Kim said, "At the end of last year, the Democratic Party filed a complaint against Secretary General Yoo Byung-ho. We will file another one soon," adding, "From my indirect checks, the Corruption Investigation Office is conducting an investigation. As pressure from the Corruption Investigation Office mounts, Yoo Byung-ho, who led the Jeon Hyun-hee case, is now in a situation where he must brand the former Chairperson as a bad person."

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