'False Document Creation for Special Privileges Still Ongoing'... Gyeonggi-do Uncovers 49 Illegal and Unfair Acts in Pocheon-si

Gyeonggi Provincial Government

Gyeonggi Province uncovered 49 cases of misconduct, including the fabrication of false documents, through a comprehensive audit of Pocheon City.

Gyeonggi Province announced on the 7th that from June 19 to 27, through the comprehensive audit, it took administrative actions including 18 corrective measures, 26 warnings, and 5 notifications, and recovered and reclaimed 679 million KRW. Additionally, it requested disciplinary actions against 52 related individuals.

Among the major cases uncovered, Mr. A, affiliated with Pocheon City, was found to have fabricated a false task instruction document with the intent to contract with a specific company while promoting an event service project, paid for goods without verifying their delivery, and decided the contract partner after evaluating performance differently from the bidding announcement.

Furthermore, Mr. B and others improperly reduced penalties for clear intentional violations of environmental laws during administrative sanctions, and Mr. C was found to have changed the successful bidder by incorrectly applying the construction difficulty standard value while promoting a construction contract estimated at over 5 billion KRW.

Another public official, Mr. D, and others obtained river occupancy permits for national property from the relevant association for the purpose of using sports facilities but failed to manage the facilities as shared property, and neglected to recognize unauthorized cultivation of crops in the area, leaving it unattended.

In addition, Gyeonggi Province confirmed other issues such as ▲ improper replacement of public vehicles below replacement standards ▲ negligence in groundwater quality inspection management ▲ selection of contractors through private consignment review instead of public bidding as required by law when operating administrative property on consignment ▲ contracts exceeding the single-person contract amount ▲ failure to impose performance penalties ▲ negligence in reviewing festival subsidy settlements.

Gyeonggi Province also received 17 exemplary cases during this audit, including the introduction of an automated system to improve civil complaint processing efficiency, enhancement and expansion of intelligent closed-circuit television (CCTV) performance in vulnerable areas, humanitarian support for foreign workers, strengthening incentives for sincere taxpayers, and efforts to improve local tax refund application procedures.

From the preliminary investigation stage to the audit result review committee stage, Gyeonggi Province involved external experts such as citizen auditors to ensure fair and transparent handling of audit results.

Won Jin-hee, the audit officer of Gyeonggi Province, stated, "Pocheon City had 74 points of criticism in the 2015 audit, and although the number of issues has decreased to 49 compared to then, illegal and improper work by some public officials was still confirmed. Continuous efforts are needed to strengthen public officials’ capabilities through legal and job training related to their duties."

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