Gyeonggi-do Public Whistleblowing: Total Rewards of 11.35 Million KRW Paid for 11 Cases

Gyeonggi Provincial Government

Gyeonggi Province has decided to pay a total reward of 11.35 million won for 11 public interest reports.

On the 19th, Gyeonggi Province announced that it recently held the 3rd Gyeonggi Province Public Interest Reporting Support Committee meeting and decided to pay a total reward of 11.35 million won for 11 reports, including illegal landfill of waste and unreported waste utilization business activities.

The Gyeonggi Province Public Interest Reporting Committee focused on reviewing 11 cases of public interest violations of the Waste Management Act, considering the severity of the reported environmental pollution acts, the degree of contribution to public interest such as environmental preservation, the difficulty of reporting, and fairness with other paid cases, and decided to pay rewards to the public interest reporters accordingly.

In particular, the public interest reporter who contributed to detecting the act of illegally landfilling waste on lowland farmland and forest land through organized collusion will receive the highest reward amount of 8 million won. As a result of this report, the soil trader was sentenced to six months in prison with a two-year probation, and related persons were fined 23 million won.

Gyeonggi Province public interest reports include ▲‘public interest reports’ which report violations of 471 laws related to Gyeonggi Province’s jurisdiction in areas such as public health and safety, environment, consumer interests, and fair competition ▲‘corruption reports’ which report corruption by Gyeonggi Province public officials or public institutions ▲‘reports of violations of the Gyeonggi Province Public Officials Code of Conduct’ and others.

Public interest reports can be submitted through the dedicated reporting channel ‘Gyeonggi Province Public Interest Reporting Hotline (hotline.gg.go.kr)’, and if the report is confirmed to be true and administrative or judicial actions are taken, rewards and compensations are paid to the reporters.

If reporters fear disadvantages due to exposure of their identity and do not wish to disclose personal information, they can use the anonymous proxy reporting system where a lawyer reports on their behalf.

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