The report discusses the investigation into the misuse of special activity expenses by prosecutors in Busan, South Korea. Data from January to August 2017 was missing, raising suspicions of unauthorized disposal. The ministry of justice had guidelines in place for disposing of the data, but it was discovered that they had violated the retention period for government budget data. The system for managing special activity expenses was reportedly improved since September 2017, but there were still discrepancies found in the execution details. The report highlights the importance of accurate information disclosure and the need for a proper audit of special activity expenses.
1. Special activity expense data from January to April 2017 has disappeared completely.
2. Ministry of Justice had guidelines to self-destroy data every two months, in violation of Public Records Management Act.
3. The money envelope dinner incident broke out in April 2017.
4. 26,000 pages of data obtained by Busan MBC showed special activity expenses of 135 million won executed by the Busan District Prosecutors' Office and the Eastern and Western Branches between January and August 2017.
5. Some special activity expenses had vague reasons for execution and lacked supporting documents, potentially indicating misuse.
6. The Ministry of Justice has been improving the special activity expense system and thoroughly managing it since September 2017.
7. An inspection of special activity expenses for prosecutors by the Ministry of Justice found some offices properly executed expenses while others had missing supporting documents.
8. There were violations of guidelines for improving the special activity expense system, including spending without supporting receipts and lacking execution details.
9. The inspection report for special activity expenses was classified as competition expenses and was not included in Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae's reason for disciplinary action against President Yoon Seok-yeol.