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Civic group discloses details of the 2024 Civil Rights Commission investigation... ‘Overcharged for airfare’ highest number
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Civic group discloses details of the 2024 Civil Rights Commission investigation... ‘Overcharged for airfare’ highest number

Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights CommissionUlsan City CouncilCatch tax thieves

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  • The civic group 'Catch Tax Thieves' disclosed details of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission's 2024 local council survey.
  • In 17 cases of overseas business trips by five councils in the Ulsan region, 31 issues, including eight cases of excessive airfare charges, were confirmed, and in the conflict of interest investigation, Nam-gu Council received six violations.

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The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission conducted a fact-finding survey on local councils' overseas business trips and conflicts of interest in 2024, and disclosed the details of the investigation after the civic group 'Catch Tax Thieves' won an information disclosure lawsuit.

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Civic group discloses details of the 2024 Civil Rights Commission investigation... ‘Overcharged for airfare’ highest number

(Ulsan = Yonhap News) Reporter Jang Ji-hyeon = In the 2024 local council survey by the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, 31 points were pointed out, including excessive charging for airfare, in relation to 17 overseas business trips by five councils in the Ulsan region.

According to the details of the ACRC's fact-finding survey recently released by the civic group 'Catch Tax Thieves' on the 5th, the Ulsan City Council was pointed out 16 issues out of 11 cases of overseas business trips.

The Dong-gu Council was pointed out in 9 cases out of 2 business trips, the Jung-gu Council was pointed out in 2 cases out of 2 cases, and the Nam-gu Council and Ulju County Council were pointed out in 2 cases out of 1 each.

By type, airfare overcharges were the most common at 8, followed by 6 related to car rental, 4 related to guide fees and entrance fees, and 3 related to cancellation fees.

In a separate survey of conflicts of interest, Nam-gu Council was pointed out in a total of six cases.

These include one case of signing an inappropriate contract, three cases of omission of some details of private sector work activities, one case of lack of management of public institution supplies, and one case of failure to obtain confirmation of restrictions on family hiring.

The data released is the list of relevant members and the matters notified by the ACRC that it is necessary to check whether there are violations in each assembly in a fact-finding survey conducted in 2024.

After recently winning a lawsuit to cancel the refusal to disclose information filed against the Civil Rights Commission to catch tax thieves, the data was made public on the website.

Open Questions

  • What is the follow-up plan for these comments?
  • Has individual disciplinary action or refund been taken against each member?
  • When will the results of the survey in other regions be made public?

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