Prosecutors Summon Former KT Telecop Head Over 'Ilgam Molaeju-gi' Allegations

The prosecution investigating KT Group's 'suspicion of preferential treatment in work allocation' has summoned a former executive of the affiliate company at the center of the suspicion.

Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, Seocho-gu, Seoul. Photo by Jinhyung Kang aymsdream@

According to the legal community on the 22nd, the Fair Trade Investigation Division of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Prosecutor Lee Jeong-seop) summoned Kim, former head of KT Telecop, as a witness and is currently investigating him.

The prosecution is reported to have questioned Kim about whether KT Telecop intentionally engaged in 'preferential work allocation' and whether there were instructions from the KT Group level during this process.

Kim moved from KT headquarters to KT Telecop shortly after the inauguration of former KT CEO Koo Hyun-mo in 2020. He is also known to have maintained close relationships with KT's internal and external board members, who are suspected of forming a so-called 'interest cartel.' The prosecution suspects that Kim may have played a certain role in channeling KT Telecop's work orders to KDFS based on these connections.

With the inauguration of former CEO Koo in 2020, KT Group changed the facility management work order company from the existing KT Estate to KT Telecop. KT Telecop, as the new ordering company, is suspected of concentrating work orders that were previously divided among four subcontractors?KDFS, KSmate, KFnS, and KSNC?onto KDFS.

After completing investigations of related personnel, the prosecution plans to summon former CEO Koo, who has been pointed to as a higher-up, to verify whether there were group-level instructions for KT Telecop's preferential work allocation and whether the profits generated for KDFS were provided as reciprocal benefits to KT Group executives and other senior officials.

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