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ACRC uncovers the illegal employment of public officials dismissed for corruption
- Date2016-03-14
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ACRC demands the organization concerned to dismiss and accuse the illegally employed
The ACRC stated that 7 public officials, who had been dismissed for corruption, were found to have been employed at public organizations in violation of the post-employment restriction stipulated by the Act on Anti-Corruption and the Establishment and Operation of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission. The Commission demanded the organizations concerned to dismiss and accuse 2 of the violators.
According to the ACRC Act, any public official who rightly resigns or is removed or dismissed from office for committing an act of corruption while working for a public organization shall be prohibited for 5 years from the date he/she reigns from employment in any public organization or any for-profit private company of a certain scale, which is closely related to the department to which he/she belonged for 3 years before he/she resigned. Violators shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than 2 years or a fine not exceeding KRW 20 million.
While many countries operate post-employment restriction schemes to prevent conflicts of interest, Korea's system further provides safeguards against acts of corruption committed by public officials while in office.
The ACRC conducted a fact-finding investigation on 1,940 public officials dismissed for corruption after the latter half of 2010, and checked the employment status of 1,184 people who were employed. The Commission conducted an inspection of 29 officials among them, 6 working for public organizations and 23 for private companies, to find out if they violated the post-employment restriction.
The ACRC's inspection revealed that Mr. A, who was dismissed in March 2013 for receiving a bribe from a broker in return for falsifying a disability certificate for a patient when he worked at an industrial accident hospital under a public service institution, was reemployed at a public medical center.
It was also revealed that Mr. B, who was dismissed in August 2013 for providing service contract information to a company, had worked for 4 months from June 2015 at the company that had a service contract with the department he had belonged to before his resignation.
Accordingly, the ACRC requested the public organizations concerned to dismiss and accuse Mr. A and accuse Mr. B. Also, for the 5 former officials who worked at public organizations for subsistence after dismissal and have since retired, the Commission warned the public organizations concerned not to repeat such violations.
The ACRC stated that 7 public officials, who had been dismissed for corruption, were found to have been employed at public organizations in violation of the post-employment restriction stipulated by the Act on Anti-Corruption and the Establishment and Operation of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission. The Commission demanded the organizations concerned to dismiss and accuse 2 of the violators.
According to the ACRC Act, any public official who rightly resigns or is removed or dismissed from office for committing an act of corruption while working for a public organization shall be prohibited for 5 years from the date he/she reigns from employment in any public organization or any for-profit private company of a certain scale, which is closely related to the department to which he/she belonged for 3 years before he/she resigned. Violators shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than 2 years or a fine not exceeding KRW 20 million.
While many countries operate post-employment restriction schemes to prevent conflicts of interest, Korea's system further provides safeguards against acts of corruption committed by public officials while in office.
The ACRC conducted a fact-finding investigation on 1,940 public officials dismissed for corruption after the latter half of 2010, and checked the employment status of 1,184 people who were employed. The Commission conducted an inspection of 29 officials among them, 6 working for public organizations and 23 for private companies, to find out if they violated the post-employment restriction.
The ACRC's inspection revealed that Mr. A, who was dismissed in March 2013 for receiving a bribe from a broker in return for falsifying a disability certificate for a patient when he worked at an industrial accident hospital under a public service institution, was reemployed at a public medical center.
It was also revealed that Mr. B, who was dismissed in August 2013 for providing service contract information to a company, had worked for 4 months from June 2015 at the company that had a service contract with the department he had belonged to before his resignation.
Accordingly, the ACRC requested the public organizations concerned to dismiss and accuse Mr. A and accuse Mr. B. Also, for the 5 former officials who worked at public organizations for subsistence after dismissal and have since retired, the Commission warned the public organizations concerned not to repeat such violations.
