Conflict over Board of Audit and Inspection announcement of ‘statistical manipulation’
Request for investigation of 22 people, including 4 Director Blue
Kim Ki-hyun “Shameless… “Deceitful regime”
Moon’s ‘Labor-Management-Yeonmun Moon Policy Evaluation’ shared on Facebook
Statistics Korea: “I feel responsible for the people.”
▲ Choi Dal-young, First Deputy Secretary-General of the Board of Audit and Inspection, is giving a presentation on the request for investigation into ‘the production and use of major national statistics’ at the 3rd Annex of the Board of Audit and Inspection in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the 15th. Yonhap News In response to the Board of Audit and Inspection’s announcement that major statistics such as house prices were manipulated during the Moon Jae-in administration, the ruling party called it an “act of disturbing the national flag” and emphasized the need to find out whether former President Moon Jae-in was involved. On the other hand, the Democratic Party of Korea protested, calling it a ‘manipulated investigation’, and former President Moon expressed his discomfort by emphasizing that the employment rate at the time was at its highest.
In a phone call with the Seoul Shinmun on the 17th, a high-ranking official from the Presidential Office said regarding the results of the Board of Audit and Inspection’s audit of the Moon Jae-in administration’s alleged ‘statistical manipulation’, “This is an accounting manipulation incident by the Moon Jae-in administration, Inc.” and “It must be corrected for the future of the country.” He said.
He said, “If you compare it to a company, how will the foreign investors and overseas markets, the trading partners, view this incident, not to mention the citizens who are shareholders of the Republic of Korea Co., Ltd.? If we do not hold them accountable and make corrections, we will also become accomplices in the manipulation of statistics.” “It is,” he said.
People Power Party leader Kim Ki-hyun also posted on Facebook on the same day, “The Ulsan mayoral election operation and the presidential election operation are not enough, and now they even manipulate statistics. The Moon Jae-in administration is a deceitful regime stained with unscrupulous manipulation and operation,” adding, “Where was former President Moon at the time, directly or indirectly? “We need to find out if he was even involved,” he argued.
He continued, “The Moon Jae-in administration’s manipulation of statistics, carried out in the name of the nation, is more than an anti-national act; it is an atrocity that destroys the national community and can never be forgiven.” “The people who gave orders must be investigated to the end and brought to justice,” he said.
Policy Committee Chairman Park Dae-chul also said on Facebook, “Throughout the administration, they survived through manipulation, and this time, they continued their lineage through statistics. He criticized, “Was the five-year achievement we were bragging about an achievement of manipulation?”
In a briefing on the 15th, the Board of Audit and Inspection requested a prosecutorial investigation into 22 people, including four Blue House policy chiefs (Jang Ha-seong, Kim Soo-hyun, Kim Sang-jo, and Lee Ho-seung), Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Kim Hyun-mi, and Statistics Korea Director Kang Shin-wook, in relation to statistical manipulation during the Moon Jae-in administration. It is said that whenever statistics unfavorable to the regime came out, the Blue House at the time put pressure on the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the Korea Real Estate Board to adjust the statistics.
In response to this, Park Seong-joon, a spokesperson for the Democratic Party, said in a comment the day before, “The Board of Audit and Inspection has appointed itself as a solution to the public opinion worsened by the discharge of Japanese nuclear contaminated water, the relocation of General Hong Beom-do’s bust, and the death of Marine Corps Corporal Chae,” adding, “It is a typical political audit aimed at diluting public opinion.” He protested. He then claimed, “It seems that the Board of Audit and Inspection has become a planning department to protect the regime,” and “It is following the behavior of the National Intelligence Service, which opened up espionage cases at odd times during the authoritarian regime.”
Former President Moon also indirectly criticized the Board of Audit and Inspection’s announcement by sharing the Korea Labor and Society Research Institute’s ‘Evaluation of the Moon Jae-in administration’s employment and labor policy’ published on the 14th on Facebook. Former President Moon wrote, “We can confirm that the employment rate and youth employment rate are at an all-time high, the proportion of non-regular workers and the wage gap are decreasing, social insurance subscriptions are expanding, and the proportion of low-wage workers and wage inequality are significantly reducing.”
The National Statistical Office, which has been accused of being involved in statistics manipulation, stated, “We feel a heavy sense of responsibility for causing concern to the public due to the interim results of audits related to national statistics.” Although there was no official position, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport also seemed embarrassed, saying, ‘It has finally come.’ An official from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport argued, “As a public servant, I was just doing my job, but who would actively engage in their work if they saw blood like this?”
Reporters Kim Ga-hyeon, Myung Hee-jin, Ahn Seok, and Ok Seong-gu
2023-09-17 19:35:33
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