[Reporting Y] 60mm of heavy rain per hour. A day brew party.

[Anchor]
Last summer, it was belatedly revealed that a public institution belonging to the Korea Forest Service, which had to prepare for an emergency situation, had a broad daylight brew party at a time when heavy rains were continuing throughout the country.

In particular, the day of the Yangju party was right after heavy rain of more than 60mm per hour fell overnight, mainly on the southern coast of Jeollanam-do.

This is reporter Kim Ki-soo.

[Reporter]
A pork belly party is in full swing inside the cafeteria.

However, some tables have liquor bottles along with pork belly.

It's lunchtime, but a forest aviation management office belonging to the Korea Forest Service had a liquor party for pork belly in broad daylight on weekdays.

The day of the Yangju party under the supervision of the head of the management office was July 16 last year, and damage was caused by heavy rains in various parts of the country.

In particular, dozens of houses were flooded by heavy rains of more than 60mm per hour overnight in Jeollanam-do, causing a number of victims.

[Informer: It's an organization that needs to save lives and prepare for various disasters in an emergency, but drink alcohol during working hours...Isn't it a situation where it is impossible to put in a mission after drinking alcohol?]

Moreover, it is the day when the Prime Minister ordered each ministry to put all its energy into the safety of its residents due to concerns about additional damage.

The informant claimed that there were more than one such broad daylight drinking party.

[Informer: There were frequent drinking practices at every meal in our daily lives, and we drank again and spent our daily working hours like that.]

The Korea Forest Aviation Administration explained that there was a welcoming ceremony for new residents, and only some employees, except for the emergency wait staff, drank about one or two drinks.

The head of the management office is in the position that there was a welcoming ceremony, but he does not remember if he drank alcohol at the time.

The Korea Forest Service's legal audit officer is conducting an audit of the overall operation, including the management office work system, including the head of the management office.

Currently, the head of the management office has been personneled to other regions since the audit began.

There are voices calling for a re-examination of public service discipline in the broad daylight drinking at a time when heavy rain damage is occurring across the country.

I'm Kim Ki-soo of YTN.