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Controversy is brewing over whether the Board of Audit and Inspection went through a legal process over the ‘Auditing the Murder of a Public Official in the West Sea’.
According to data received from the Board of Audit and Inspection by Rep. Lee Tan-hee of the Legislative and Judiciary Committee, a total of 12 meetings of the Audit Committee of the Board of Audit and Inspection have been held since the inauguration of the Yoon Seok-yeol government on May 10 of this year until last August.
The Audit Committee is a meeting chaired by the Chairman of the Board of Audit and Inspection and decides on the Board’s audit policies, major audit plans, settlement of accounts, and disciplinary action.
The Board of Audit and Inspection announced on June 17 that it would conduct an audit on the murder of a public official in the West Sea.
For this reason, suspicions have been raised that the Board of Audit and Inspection entered the audit without going through an ‘audit committee resolution’ as usual.
In this regard, the Board of Audit and Inspection explained, “The regular public office inspection is the regular business of the Board of Audit and Inspection.”
He added, “The audit of the West Sea civil servant case is also a regular public office inspection that started because the Incheon Maritime Police Station took a position that was contradictory to the results of the interim investigation two years ago at a briefing in June,” he added.
The Board of Audit and Inspection also added, “There is a lack of understanding of the audit plan establishment process and the nature of public inspection work inside and outside the Board of Audit and Inspection.
Meanwhile, at the State Council meeting today, a text message from Yoo Byung-ho, secretary-general of the Board of Audit and Inspection, to Lee Kwan-seop, head of state affairs planning at the presidential office, was captured by reporters saying, “Today, we will come out with clarification materials properly.
Regarding this, the Board of Audit and Inspection explained, “There was a question regarding some media reports that the audit of the West Sea civil servant case violated the procedure, so the secretary-general informed that clarification materials would be released.”
In this regard, the ruling Democratic Party of Korea claimed, “It was proved through text messages that the Office of the President was behind the act of the Board of Audit and Inspection forcibly auditing a specific case and directly investigating former President Moon Jae-in.”
