2023-07-06 07:32:06
Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul <문화방송>(MBC) office building. Hankyoreh data photo
The Korea Communications Commission (KCC) begins inspection and supervision of the Korea Broadcasting Culture Promotion Association (Bangmunjin), a major shareholder and management and supervisory body of (MBC). The Korea Communications Commission’s inspection and supervision of visitors is the first in six years since 2017. Summarizing the explanations of the Korea Communications Commission and Cultural Broadcasting on the 6th, the Korea Communications Commission plans to carry out a preliminary investigation of the visiting team from this day to the 12th, and then conduct an on-site inspection and supervision of the visiting team for five days (weekdays) from the 13th to the 19th. . Earlier in March, when the suspicion of acquiring ‘free stock’ by President Ahn Hyung-joon of Cultural Broadcasting arose, standing committee members recommended by the ruling party, such as Kim Hyo-jae and Ahn Hyung-hwan (retired), announced that they would promote inspection and supervision of the visiting team. The KCC inspection of the visiting team is expected to cover the overall management and supervision of the visiting team for cultural broadcasting, including the results of the audit on President Ahn. In addition to the inspection and supervision of the Korea Communications Commission, an audit by a visiting group of the Board of Audit and Inspection will also be conducted from the 10th. In November of last year, conservative groups such as the Fair Press National Coalition filed a request for a national audit, raising “suspicion of the neglect of management and supervision by the visiting team for the careless management of cultural broadcasting.” decided to proceed with the audit. In response, Cultural Broadcasting and the visiting team applied for suspension of the enforcement of the national audit to the Seoul Administrative Court, saying, “The audit conducted by the Board of Audit and Inspection of the visiting team has no legal basis.” In addition to the application for suspension of execution, cultural broadcasting and other organizations have also filed an administrative lawsuit to cancel the audit and a constitutional petition to confirm the unconstitutionality of the audit. The first hearing date for the administrative lawsuit is the 13th. Reporter Seongjin Choi csj@hani.co.kr
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