Clean Portal - Corruption and Public Interest Reporting Revamped to Allow Anyone to Submit Reports Easily

- Cases related to the LH land speculation, etc. can be reported -

(8 March 2021, ACRC)

Anyone now is able to submit a corruption and public interest report in a convenient manner by taking advantage of the reporting assistance service on Clean Portal - Corruption and Public Interest Reporting that is run by the ACRC. Particularly, citizens can report on any suspicions related to the recent scandal of real estate speculation involving　Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH) via the website.

The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission held a ceremony for the launch of Clean Portal - Corruption and Public Interest Reporting website that receives corruption and public interest reports and provides a wide range of anti-corruption data in public institutions in Government Complex Sejong on the 8th.

The ceremony provided an opportunity to introduce some of the key features of Clean Portal - Corruption and Public Interest Reporting to citizens, and congratulate those who contributed to the building of the system.

The ACRC has developed Clean Portal - Corruption and Public Interest Reporting over the last four years in an effort to support corruption and public interest reporting and data-based anti-corruption policy.

One of the major changes is the significant increase in the convenience in corruption and public interest reporting. Previously, those who wanted to submit a corruption or public interest report for the first time found it extremely difficult to fill the report form.

However, the new version of the system allows users to make a corruption or public interest report much easier only by selecting an example on the list provided with the help of the reporting assistance service that utilizes the accumulated report data. In addition, users can check on the details of the report handling process from reporting and counseling to applying for protection and compensation.

Furthermore, the new system automatically identifies the category of a report and provides the user with information regarding relevant types of violations and statutory provisions even though the user does not have a knowledge of all 467 provisions that define acts of public interest violations in the Act on the Protection of Public Interest Whistleblowers. You can access Clean Portal - Corruption and Public Interest Reporting on your mobile devices, such as mobile phones and tablet computers.

Anti-corruption information in public institutions at all levels has so far either not been disclosed to the public or scattered throughout the website of each agency, making it hard for people to access the data. Furthermore, there was no basis of analysis to be used in policies.

The ACRC, therefore, developed a system that provides a wide range of anti-corruption information related to reporting, counseling, policy, media reports, among others; and analyzes such data. Citizens can utilize the system to access a variety of anti-corruption data, and learn the current state of corruption issues, progress on reports by type, reporting record by region, major anti-corruption trends, etc.

Meanwhile, public institutions can take advantage of the system to share key anti-corruption issues, and implement data-backed anti-corruption initiatives by referring to the available information, including reports filed against the institution, reports related to specific corruption issues, and anti-corruption issues covered in the media.

An ACRC Official said, "we opened a new Clean Portal - Corruption and Public Interest Reporting to provide the people with a convenient and safe environment for corruption and public interest reporting. The ACRC will contribute to making Korea a leading country as to integrity by achieving the Corruption Perception Index rank higher than the 30th place in 2022 through our support toward data-backed scientific and systematic establishment and implementation of anti-corruption initiatives.