The Korean National Police Agency National Office of Investigation (NOI) said on Apr. 13 that it carried out a special crackdown on corruption for nine months and referred 1,997 people. Of these, 56 were arrested.
The National Office of Investigation (NOI) launched a special crackdown from July 1 last year to Mar. 31 this year, focusing on ▲ public office corruption (bribery, fiscal corruption, passive administration, etc.) ▲ unfair practices (illegal rebates, hiring corruption, etc.) ▲ safety-related corruption (shoddy construction, safety collusion).
By charge, bribery saw the most arrests, with 31 arrested (322 referred). That was followed by ▲ rebates, 17 arrested and 410 referred ▲ fiscal corruption, 5 arrested and 507 referred ▲ hiring corruption, 1 arrested and 52 referred.
The Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency anti-corruption and economic crimes unit referred nine people, including A, the Chairperson of the Seoul headquarters of the Korea Post Labor Union, for using union operating funds for the Korea Federation of Trade Unions chairperson election funds and for diverting them to overseas travel expenses to foster fellowship within the union. A was arrested.
The Saha Police Station in Busan referred 31 people, including a doctor and medical device company officials who received 165 million won in return for rebates.
The Gangwon Provincial Police Agency anti-corruption unit referred three county council members who provided and received goods such as alcoholic beverages to fellow council members with voting rights for the purpose of electing the chair of the Goseong County Council.
Police plan to continue investigating 1,699 suspects in cases that have not yet been closed. Through the "special crackdown on entrenched corruption," which has been underway since on the 4th of last month, they also plan to root out community-embedded corruption by public officials.