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South Korea: A Five-Fold Increase in Government Corruption |
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joongangdaily.joins.com |
| Source Date: |
Monday, June 20, 2011 |
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Electronic and Mobile Government, Citizen Engagement, Internet Governance
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| Country: |
Korea (Republic of) |
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Jun 20, 2011 |
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The number of government officials punished for bribery has jumped more
than five-fold over the last five years due to a tighter crackdown on
bureaucratic corruption, the Ministry of Public Administration and
Security said yesterday.
Civil servants who were dismissed or
disciplined for accepting kickbacks numbered 624 last year, 5.5 times
more than the figure in 2006, the ministry said.
A total of 419
officials were working for the central government, with the remainder
employed by provincial governments, the ministry said.
An
additional 5,818 officials were punished for embezzlement, appropriation
of public funds and other violations of ethical codes last year, nearly
double the number from 2006, officials said.
“The number of
disciplined officials rose due to illegal acceptance of rice subsidies
and strengthened punishment for drunken driving,” a ministry official
said.
Nearly 20,000 non-farmers, including about 2,500
government and public sector workers, illegally received tens of
billions of won in rice farming subsidies for farmers since the program
was introduced in 2005, according to a 2009 government report.
Under
a massive anti-corruption drive, President Lee Myung-bak is tightening
discipline among bureaucrats following a series of revelations of
corruption cases involving senior officials and state auditors.
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South Korea: A Five-Fold Increase in Government Corruption The number of government officials punished for bribery has jumped more than five-fold over the last five years due to a tighter crackdown on bureaucratic corruption the Ministry of Public Administration and Security said yesterday
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