Gyeonggi-do Awards 59.16 Million Won in Compensation and Rewards to Whistleblowers

Gyeonggi Provincial Government

Gyeonggi Province will pay a total of 59.16 million KRW in compensation and rewards to four whistleblowers.

On the 23rd, Gyeonggi Province held the '3rd Gyeonggi Province Whistleblower Support Committee' and announced on the 25th that it had decided to pay a total of 59.16 million KRW in compensation and rewards to four whistleblowers.

The compensation includes a total of 58.86 million KRW for two reports of violations of the Food Sanitation Act.

The rewards include 200,000 KRW for a report of violations of air environment preservation and 100,000 KRW for a report of private cargo vehicle paid transportation activities.

Gyeonggi Province pays compensation through committee deliberation and resolution when there is recovery or increase in provincial financial revenue due to reports from internal whistleblowers. For compensation, 30% of the recovered or increased financial revenue from the report is paid without an upper limit.

Gyeonggi Province whistleblowing includes ▲‘Public Interest Reports’ reporting violations of 471 laws related to the province’s jurisdiction, classified into areas such as public health and safety, environment, consumer interests, and fair competition ▲‘Corruption Reports’ reporting corruption by Gyeonggi Province public officials or public institutions ▲reports of violations of the Gyeonggi Province Public Officials’ Code of Conduct.

Considering that residents may have difficulty reporting because they do not know the specific acts and procedures they can report, Gyeonggi Province has produced a casebook on three areas closely related to residents’ daily lives: environment, safety, and corruption. The casebook can be viewed through the Gyeonggi Province Whistleblower Hotline (hotline.gg.go.kr) and Gyeonggi Province eBook (ebook.gg.go.kr).

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