Eight people, including Lee Ki-heung, chairman of the sports association, requested an investigation...Charges of illegal employment and receipt of money and valuables, etc.

"Chairman Lee Suspicion of Illegal Employment...Helping hire friends of children "
" Chairman Lee demands payment of expenses to the chairman of sports organizations "
" Accepting the demand for the chairman of the organization, giving him the desired position for the Paris Olympics."

[Anchor]
The government's joint public service inspection team in the Cabinet Office, which has been investigating the irregularities of the Korea Sports Association, confirmed the allegations of irregularities by Chairman Lee Ki-heung and decided to request the police to investigate eight people involved.

Chairman Lee was charged with fraudulent recruitment and bribery, and attention is being paid to whether the results of the survey will affect the election of the next chairman of the sports association.

Reporter Kim Moon-kyung reports.

[Reporter]
One of the allegations of Lee Ki-heung, chairman of the Korea Sports Council, is the suspicion of fraudulent employment.

It turns out that he has instructed his child's college friend A to ease the qualifications several times to help him.

The public service inspection team said that A was hired by deleting the qualifications and posting an announcement, even though he needed a national team experience and a qualification as a second-class professional sports leader.

[Seo Young-seok / Office of Government Policy Coordination Officer: Under the direction of the chairman of the sports association, a high-ranking official of the sports village participated as an interviewer and confirmed that a certain person designated by the chairman of the sports association was given the highest score among the candidates.]

Lee is also accused of having the chairman of a sports organization pay 80 million won for the purchase of health food and sportswear for athletes.

The chairman of the group was given the position after hoping for a major position related to the Paris Olympics, which the inspection team said amounted to a violation of the anti-graft law.

[Seo Young-seok / Office of Government Policy Coordination Officer: A series of acts that comply with requests related to duties may constitute fraudulent solicitation, bribery, and third-party bribery prohibited by the Solicitation Prohibition Act and the Criminal Act]

In addition, Chairman Lee privately used marketing revenue products, recommended five acquaintances to the Paris Olympics observers, and provided preferential tours.

Another high-ranking official in the athlete's village was accused of voluntarily using 47 million won worth of bedding sets and others by contacting the sponsor directly.

The inspection team notified the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to deal with other employees related to improper execution of business promotion expenses in accordance with the law.

After the survey, eight people, including Chairman Lee Ki-heung, who expressed their intention to seek a third term, will take steps to deal with the judiciary, drawing attention to whether it will affect the next presidential election of the Korea Sports Association.

I'm Kim Moon-kyung of YTN.

Reporter for filming
: Ko Min-cheol
Video editing: Jung Kook-yoon