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south korea's board of audit and inspection: yoon seok-yeol's government violated regulations in moving the presidential office and residence

2024-09-06

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local time on the 6th,south korea's board of audit and inspection confirmed that the yoon seok-yeol administration violated relevant laws and regulations in the process of moving the presidential office and official residence

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according to a person from the board of audit and inspection, the board of audit and inspection recently voted on the results of its inspection of illegal activities during the relocation of the presidential office.the relevant report is expected to be released next week.this is the conclusion reached after 20 months of investigation by the board of audit and inspection in december 2022 into whether there was corruption such as abuse of power and violation of relevant laws during the relocation of the presidential office and official residence.

it is understood that the board of audit and inspection has confirmed thatthe presidential office did not follow legal procedures in selecting the company responsible for the renovation project.during the investigation, the board of audit and inspection found that the head of the presidential security office had colluded with the construction company and commissioned the prosecution to investigate the head in october last year.

in october 2022, a south korean civil society group pointed out that the relocation project of the presidential office caused a waste of national finances. in the process, relevant personnel of the yoon seok-yeol government abused their power and granted special benefits such as project entrustment to specific companies, and requested an audit from the audit office. (reporter zhang yun)