The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to remove the head of the Badminton Association, Kim Tak-Gyu… “A request for an investigation into allegations of corruption and breach of trust” |

The Korea Badminton Association office announced the results of the investigation
Bullying in the workplace is also real… “Report it to the appropriate authorities.”

Lee Jong-woo, Director of the Sports Department of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, briefs the Korea Badminton Association office inspection and auxiliary project implementation results in the morning at the Seoul Government Complex Annex in Jongno-gu, Seoul. The 31st. 2024.10.31/News 1 The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has requested that the president of the Korea Badminton Association, Kim Tak Gyu, be fired for violating the subsidy law and workplace harassment.

Director of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Lee Jong-woo said this during a briefing on the Badminton Association Office’s Inspection and Support Project Implementation at Seoul Government Complex Annex 31 in Jongno-gu, Seoul.

The Ministry of Finance has called for an investigation into violations of the Subsidy Act, such as ‘promotion league and youth/youth club league business’ and ‘paying fees to companies working for union executives’, setting up procedures to recover the amount of violations. It emerged during an investigation by the Badminton Association.

Director Lee said, “We demand an investigation of the Songpa Police Station in Seoul, where the chairman was charged with corruption and breach of trust. We demand that the chairman directly responsible for the breach be ‘dismissed’.” Subsidy law and ‘severe disciplinary action’ to the Secretary General “I will do it,” he explained. The total amount of the subsidy is reported to be 8.9 billion to 9 billion won.

In addition, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced that it was confirmed that the harassment by Chairman Kim at the workplace was true and that he had reported it to the relevant authorities on October 28.

According to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, an investigation by a labor law firm found all media reports that Chairman Kim swore and insulted Badminton Association staff at a Soando workshop meal earlier this year and demanded excessive protocol. Such things as driving were true, and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism ruled that it was harassment. Accordingly, we have notified Chairman Kim to the relevant authorities in accordance with the Labor Standards Act.

(Seoul = News 1)