Homeland Security Management Agency, tired of controversy over group viewing of ‘Assassins’ in front of National Assembly inspector general

View additional services of retirement pension company… Sparks spark due to accusations by some groups

(Jinju = Yonhap News) Reporter Park Jeong-heon = The National Land Safety Management Agency is sweating over the controversy that arose over the recent group viewing of the movie 'Assassin(s)' ahead of the National Assembly audit.

According to the National Land Safety Management Agency on the 11th, on the 28th of last month, three organizations - Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH), Korea Housing Management Corporation, and Management Agency - watched 'Assassin(s)' as a group at a movie theater in Jinju, Gyeongsangnam-do.

At that time, the viewing was not an official event directly hosted by the institution, but an event in the nature of an 'additional service' provided by Mirae Asset Securities, a retirement pension management company.

At that time, the management was found to have received a total of 30 tickets from Mirae Asset Securities and distributed them to 16 employees through an internal lottery.

Afterwards, the controversy spread as some groups who found out about the group viewings filed a complaint due to social concerns about historical distortions surrounding the film.

In particular, it is reported that as the Management Agency, a public institution under the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, became involved, requests for data from the political circles and the National Assembly continued.

In relation to this, related organizations such as the Management Institute are of the position that the service in question is a normal additional service provided in accordance with the conclusion of a retirement pension contract, and the value per person is small, so it does not constitute a legal violation of the Anti-Graft and Corruption Act.

The explanation is that there is no compensation as it is in the nature of welfare support within the scope of a legitimate contract signed with a financial company.

However, it appears to be embarrassing for the institution as the sight of a large number of public institution executives and employees attending a movie in a group has been exposed to the outside world and led to accusations.

It is known that the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport is also collecting related data from affiliated public institutions and discussing improvement measures for similar cases in the future.

This may lead to related questions and criticism during the government audit of management officials and others on the 12th.

An official from the management center said, “We plan to actively explain the circumstances surrounding areas where there was a risk of misunderstanding,” and added, “We will also carefully improve practices that may cause unnecessary misunderstanding in the future.”